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7/13/2012

Veterans Legislation Advances to Full House

The House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) advanced three bills to the full House for consideration this week. The improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act (H.R. 4057), the Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747) and the Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act (H.R. 5948) all bills passed the full committee unanimously. “These bills contain provisions from seventeen different legislative proposals, (including legislation addressing homeless veterans, open burn pit registry for personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan) and represent a considerable amount of the work done by the Committee this session,” said HVAC Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller (Fla.). The Chairman thanked the committee members for their bi-partisan work on important legislation that improves VA care and operations.