[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES: "‘Blue water’ veterans bill clears Senate, heads to White House for final signature"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

‘Blue water’ veterans bill clears Senate, heads to White House for final signature

By Leo Shane III

Military Times 

June 12, 2019

The Senate unanimously passed legislation codifying presumptive disability benefits status for so called “blue water” Vietnam veterans on Wednesday, sending the bill to the White House to become law.

The move came roughly six months after the measure was stalled in the Senate by parliamentary objections and just a week after the end of a legal battle surrounding the Vietnam veterans’ benefits that has drug on for years.

The legislation, passed unanimously by the House last month, has been a focus of advocates fighting to ensure nearly 90,000 veterans who served on ships in the seas around Vietnam are granted the same Veterans Affairs benefits status as troops who served on the ground or on ships stationed close to shore.

90,000 ‘blue water’ Vietnam veterans in line for disability benefits after Justice officials drop appeal

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/06/12/blue-water-veterans-bill-clears-senate-heads-to-white-house-for-final-signature/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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