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Chapter 49
Legislative Corner
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VVA
supports S. 2738 the Toxic Exposure Research
Act of 2014 |
Vietnam Veterans of America
October 3, 2014
Legislative Alert
Ask your Senator to Support
S.2738 the Toxic Exposure
Research Act of 2014
Senator Richard Blumenthal, (CT)
has introduced S.2738, the Toxic
Exposure Research of 2014
formerly S.1602, the
Toxic Exposure Research amd
Military Family Support Act of
2013. VVA strongly supports
this bill, which reflects
positively on one of our
foremost legislative goals. Not
only would it help achieve a
measure of justice for the
innocent victims of the use of
toxic substances in times of
war, but it offers unlimited
possibilities for scientific
research into the effects of
these toxic chemicals.
This comprehensive legislation
will construct a common
mechanism and procedures that
will encompass all past and
future toxic wounds, as needed.
VVA urges
you to go to our Legislative
Action Center site at:
http://capwiz.com/vva/home/ and
Take Action NOW by entering your
zip code and sending the
prepared letter to your U.S.
Senator, asking them to please
join their colleagues Senators
Moran, KS and Begich, AK in
support of S.2738, the Toxic
Exposure Research of 2014.
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VVA
supports H.R. 5484 the Toxic Exposure Research
Act of 2014 |
Vietnam Veterans of America
September 19, 2014
Legislative Alert – Ask your
Representative to Support H.R.
5484 the Toxic Exposure
Research Act of 2014
Representative Dan Benishek,
(MI-1), has introduced H.R.
5484, the Toxic Exposure
Research of 2014 formerly H.R.
4816, the Toxic Exposure
Research and Military Family
Support Act of 2014, VVA
strongly supports this bill,
which reflects positively on one
of our foremost legislative
goals. Not only would it help
achieve a measure of justice for
the innocent victims of the use
of toxic substances in times of
war, but it offers unlimited
possibilities for scientific
research into the effects of
these toxic chemicals.
This comprehensive legislation
will construct a common
mechanism and procedures that
will encompass all past and
future toxic wounds, as needed.
VVA urges you to go to our
Legislative Action Center site
at
http://capwiz.com/vva/home/
and Take Action NOW by entering
your zip code and sending the
prepared letter to your U.S.
Representative, asking them to
please join their colleagues Brownley,
(CA-26), Conyers, (MI-13) Honda
(CA-17) and Rahall (WV-3) to
co-sponsor H.R. 5484, the Toxic
Exposure Research Act of 2014.
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is
the nation's only congressional
chartered veterans service
organization dedicated to the needs
of Vietnam-era veterans and their
families. VVA's founding principle
is "Never again will one generation
of Veterans abandon another."
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H.R. 4155 and S. 2239
After serving our country
honorably, all veterans deserve the chance to earn a paycheck
and support their families. Unfortunately, the unemployment rate
for veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan remains
stubbornly high. According to the latest Employment Situation of
Veterans' annual report from The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the
unemployment rate for veterans who served post 9/11 was 12.1
percent in 2011, compared with the jobless rate for all veterans
of 8.3 percent. H.R. 4155 and it's companion bill S.2239 were
written to streamline
the bureaucratic processes for veterans with relevant training
to get jobs when they return home.
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Information about these Bills
HR
2074
The Veterans
Sexual Assault Prevention and Health Care Enhancement Act
includes
provisions to allow flexibility in payments by the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
for care to service-connected disabled veterans in State
Veterans Homes.
This would fix the payment problem connected to providing
nursing home care for service connected disabled veterans.
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Information about this Bill, awaiting action in the US Senate
HR 2530
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased
flexibility
in establishing rates for reimbursement of State homes by the
Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for nursing home care provided to veterans.
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Sponsors
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