House lawmakers passed several amendments into the annual
defense spending bill aimed at helping veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
during service. But they also removed a measure that would have expanded
benefits for veterans exposed to Agent Orange who have bladder cancer, hypothyroidism
and Parkinson's.
House lawmakers voted on packages of hundreds of amendments
proposed for the National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass omnibus annual
bill that sets the budget, and some policy, for the Defense Department. Since
the bill is one of those all but guaranteed to pass in recent years, it's prime
real estate for major military and veterans legislation, including on toxic
exposure.
Veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during service got
several nods in the bill, while veterans exposed to Agent Orange were nixed.
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