Bills seek to improve VA benefits for 9/11 survivors, other exposures

“The legislation discussed by the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs included:

H.R. 5339: A bill that would expand health care and compensation to service members who reported to duty on and after Sept. 11, 2001, through November 2001, when the building was declared safe.
H.R. 4469: A proposal that would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring veterans to provide a documented dosage amount for radiation exposure.
H.R. 1685: A plan to extend compensation to surviving spouses of veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

If approved, the bills could provide thousands of veterans and spouses with access to VA health care and disability compensation.”