Congress has in the past enacted legislation providing authority
for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat certain
veterans for specific medical conditions resulting from their
exposure to certain toxic substances or environmental hazards while
on active military duty. In the 1980s, officials at Camp Lejeune
became aware of the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
in drinking water samples. Camp Lejeune was placed on the National
Priorities List by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1989, and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry continues to
monitor samples from the water table. The Honoring America's
Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (H.R.
1627, P.L. 112-154, enacted on August 6, 2012) provides authority
for the VA to provide medical services for 15 specific illnesses to
certain veterans as well as their eligible family members, who were
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from January 1, 1957, to
December 31, 1987. In addition to providing the VA authority to
provide medical services associated with these specific illnesses
to veterans and their families stationed at Camp Lejeune during
this time period, P.L. 112-154 makes a number of changes to other
VA programs, including housing and other benefit programs. Some of
these changes affect VA administration and expand congressional
oversight of the VA through increased reporting to Congress, while
other changes made by P.L. 112-154 would impact the larger
population of veterans. That is, the changes would impact all
veterans utilizing these programs, not just veterans stationed at
Camp Lejeune during the above specified period. This publication
provides information on the various provisions of P.L. 112-154 by
program, benefit, or topic, rather than by each legislative
provision. However, for each change in a program, benefit, etc.,
the section number of P.L. 112-154 is provided.
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