{"id":120840,"date":"2022-05-18T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/18\/senators-reach-deal-to-advance-sweeping-military-toxic-exposure-legislation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:49:25","slug":"senators-reach-deal-to-advance-sweeping-military-toxic-exposure-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/burn-pits\/2022\/05\/18\/senators-reach-deal-to-advance-sweeping-military-toxic-exposure-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators reach deal to advance sweeping military toxic exposure legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/03\/29\/senate-leaders-promise-vote-on-expanding-benefits-for-burn-pit-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate leaders<\/a> on Wednesday announced they have reached a deal to pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/03\/03\/plan-to-give-new-benefits-to-burn-pits-victims-passes-house-faces-difficult-path-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\">sweeping military toxic exposure legislation<\/a> later this summer, paving the way for millions of veterans exposed to burn pit smoke and other battlefield toxins to receive more medical care and disability benefits in coming years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., and ranking member Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, hailed the agreement as a framework for \u201cthe most comprehensive toxic exposure package\u201d in American history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/03\/03\/plan-to-give-new-benefits-to-burn-pits-victims-passes-house-faces-difficult-path-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\">House leaders<\/a> have already offered support for the deal, which is based largely on legislation already advanced in that chamber in March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor far too long, our nation\u2019s veterans have been living with chronic illnesses as a result of exposures during their time in uniform,\u201d Tester and Moran said. \u201cToday, we\u2019re taking necessary steps to right this wrong with our proposal that\u2019ll provide veterans and their families with the health care and benefits they have earned and deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/03\/plan-to-give-new-benefits-to-burn-pits-victims-passes-house-faces-difficult-path-ahead\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1485.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Plan to give new benefits to burn pits victims passes House, faces difficult path ahead<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The move comes just days after President Joe Biden urged Congress to provide more help for veterans suffering from the toxic smoke.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House plan \u2014 the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or PACT Act \u2014 would establish a presumption of service connection for 23 respiratory illnesses and cancers related to the smoke from burn pits, used extensively in those war zones to dispose of various types of waste, many of them toxic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also provides for new benefits for veterans who faced radiation exposure during deployments throughout the Cold War, adds hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy to the list of illnesses linked to Agent Orange exposure in the Vietnam War, and requires new medical exams for all veterans with toxic exposure claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many as one in every five veterans living in America today could directly benefit from the new legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additions proposed by senators could indirectly benefit even more, but putting more money into Veterans Affairs claims processing and medical staff to reduce wait times for both services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifics of the deal \u2014 including a final price tag \u2014 have not yet been released. The PACT Act advanced largely along party lines in the House in part because of the massive price tag: more than $207 billion over the next decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The addition of new VA staff is likely to push that figure even higher, although some of the costs will be deferred by a multi-year phase in of the new disability and medical benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure also adds more resources for federal research on toxic exposure and creates a framework for \u201cestablishment of future presumptions of service connection related to toxic exposure,\u201d something that Veterans Affairs officials have been working on in recent months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of that work has focused on burn pits, large-scale fires used by troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones to dispose of a variety of waste. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/29\/what-are-military-burn-pits-and-why-are-veterans-worried-about-them\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/burn-pit-balad-air-base-dvids-march-2008-file-dvids.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What are military burn pits? And why are veterans worried about them?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The fires used in combat zones to dispose of waste may have caused serious illnesses in hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocates have blamed the toxic smoke for a host of respiratory illnesses and rare cancers among younger veterans, but scientific links between the fires and the sicknesses has been difficult because of incomplete monitoring of the air quality at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past estimates from the department have put the number of individuals exposed to burn pit smoke during the last 20 years at more than 3.5 million. But only a small fraction of that group has received disability benefits for long-term health issues, and typically only after years of paperwork and arguments with Department of Veteran Affairs claims staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since VA officials began awarding benefits for a handful of respiratory conditions linked to burn pits last summer, more than 16,500 veterans have received about $36 million in disability benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presumption of exposure included in the PACT Act and the expanded list of burn pit illnesses could dramatically expand those numbers in coming years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocacy groups hailed the compromise announcement as long-awaited relief for veterans and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces confront health challenges of a scope and complexity that few others experience,\u201d said Chanin Nuntavong, executive director of the American Legion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite U.S. troops being withdrawn from South Vietnam in 1973, the VA only recognized presumptive conditions associated with service in 1993. Almost 50 years later, Vietnam veterans are still fighting for the care they rightfully deserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot repeat these injustices by failing to provide another generation of veterans the care they need. The Honoring our PACT Act is the comprehensive legislative solution that toxic exposed veterans of multiple generations desperately need, and Congress must act swiftly to ensure its passage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/25\/nine-respiratory-cancers-added-to-list-of-illnesses-presumed-caused-by-burn-pit-smoke\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/113326.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Nine respiratory cancers added to list of illnesses presumed caused by burn pit smoke<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The move follows promises by the administration to increase the number of burn pit illnesses eligible for benefits.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IAVA Executive Vice President Tom Porter said he is \u201cgreatly encouraged and optimistic\u201d following the Senate announcement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis has been a top priority for IAVA and our partner organizations for years,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will need many others to follow [Tester and Moran] and we will keep pushing until it finally passes Congress and is signed into law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senators said they expect to finalize bill text in coming days, and will push for a Senate floor vote \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the bill is amended in that process, House lawmakers will have to vote on the measure again before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday night, during remarks before a Elizabeth Dole Foundation event, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told a crowd of veterans advocates she was optimistic that final passage of the measure would come \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his State of the Union address earlier this year, Biden called for Congress to \u201cpass a law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits and comprehensive health care they deserve.\u201d With Wednesday\u2019s announcement, that call is closer than ever before to becoming reality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The measure could be passed out of the chamber in the 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