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Senators first passed the PACT Act in June 88-14 and sent it to the House to concur, which passed it 256-174 but added a technical correction. That meant it needed to come back to the Senate for ...
Veterans’ groups were blindsided by a last-minute change of heart from Republicans, who joined Sens. Tillis and Burr in opposing a bill that addresses toxic exposure by veterans.
Attorneys are filing claims on behalf of Marines and their families over the base’s water contamination. Here’s a breakdown of what happened and what’s next.
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. [1] During that time, United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base — as well as many international, particularly British, [2] assignees — bathed in and ingested tap water contaminated with harmful chemicals at all concentrations ...
The death of Janey Ensminger led to the creation of H.R.1742, known as the Janey Ensminger Act, an act of the 112th United States Congress which established a presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with contaminants in the water supply at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between the years 1957 and 1987 [3] and which provided healthcare to family members of veterans who lived ...
The sweeping study tracked the fates of more than 400,000 service members and others who were stationed at either Camp Lejeune or Camp Pendleton between October 1972 and December 1985 and known to ...
The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, or even more colloquially as "the PACT Act," is an Act of Congress that authorized $797 billion [1] in spending to significantly expand (the scope of benefits eligibility, for existing beneficiaries) and extend (benefits to newly eligible ...
The veteran joined thousands of victims who filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which expedited litigation when it was signed into law in 2022. But nearly a year later, while his case ...