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The DAV and the DAV Auxiliary have sent this notice around regarding H.R. 6959 The Burn Pit Registry Enhance Act. I’m posting their message here, for your information.<\/p>\n
On September 27, 2018, Representative Raul Ruiz (CA) introduced H.R. 6959, the Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act.\u00a0 This bill would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the burn pit registry may be updated with the cause of death of a deceased registrant.<\/p>\n
In June 2014, the VA launched the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry to allow eligible veterans and service members to document their exposures and report health concerns.\u00a0 As of September 26, 2018, more than 157,000 veterans and service members have completed and submitted the registry questionnaire.<\/p>\n
DAV strongly supports H.R. 6959 as it will enhance the burn pit registry by including diseases related to a veteran’s cause of death.\u00a0 This legislation is in accord with DAV Resolution No. 090.<\/p>\n
Please use the prepared electronic letter or draft your own to urge your Representative to support and cosponsor H.R. 6959.\u00a0 As always, we appreciate your support for DAV and your grassroots activism in participating in DAV CAN.\u00a0 Thank you for all you do for America’s ill and injured veterans and their families.<\/p>\n
At the link below, the electronic letter is available. You can also go online at the DAV’s website and access it there. Just do it, or those two Marines up top will find you and take you to task over it.<\/p>\n
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