HR 3639 · in committee · significant
VET PFAS Act
- veterans
What this bill does
- Veterans and families exposed to PFAS at military bases gain VA hospital care and disability benefits.
- This affects veterans with specified conditions and their family members who lived at affected installations.
- The VA covers care after other insurance is exhausted and presumes service-connection for certain conditions.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the VA prioritize funding between PFAS-related care for veterans and other service-connected disabilities?
- 02
What criteria should determine which military installations and health conditions qualify for presumptive coverage under this act?
- 03
How might extending VA benefits to family members of exposed veterans affect both program costs and coverage for non-PFAS veterans?
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Sponsor · R-NY-17
Michael Lawler
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
25/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-06-06
Joining the bill
Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original
Ro Khanna
D-CA-17 · original
Rashida Tlaib
D-MI-12 · original
Josh Riley
D-NY-19 · original
Brittany Pettersen
D-CO-7 · original
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
André Carson
D-IN-7 · original
Seth Magaziner
D-RI-2 · original
Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original
Madeleine Dean
D-PA-4
Angie Craig
D-MN-2
Maggie Goodlander
D-NH-2
+ 13 more
Legislative timeline
2025-06-06 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2025-05-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-05-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-05-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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