PACT Act

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The PACT Act is a U.S. law that expands healthcare and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances during their military service.

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Label Occurrences
Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 2
PACT Act canonical 1
Pact Act of 2022 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
veterans benefits legislation ⓘ
addresses airborne hazards ⓘ
burn pit exposure ⓘ
toxic substances ⓘ
agencyResponsible United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
appliesTo certain survivors and dependents of veterans ⓘ
veterans of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
beneficiaries certain National Guard members ⓘ
survivors of veterans ⓘ
veterans ⓘ
benefitsExpanded VA disability compensation ⓘ
VA health care eligibility ⓘ
dependency and indemnity compensation ⓘ
toxic exposure screening ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 2022-08-10 ⓘ
effect adds new presumptive conditions related to burn pit and toxic exposures ⓘ
expands eligibility for VA health care to millions of post-9/11 veterans ⓘ
establishes presumptions of service connection for certain toxic exposure conditions ⓘ
fullName Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 ⓘ
honors Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson ⓘ
includes improvements to VA claims processing ⓘ
provisions for research on toxic exposures ⓘ
resources for VA health care infrastructure ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalCitationType Public law of the United States ⓘ
namedAfter Heath Robinson ⓘ
linked to: Rube Goldberg
officeOfSigner President of the United States ⓘ
otherChamber United States Senate ⓘ
policyArea disability benefits ⓘ
health care ⓘ
toxic exposure ⓘ
primaryPolicyArea veterans affairs ⓘ
purpose to expand health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances ⓘ
relatedTo Gulf War service ⓘ
Vietnam War toxic exposures ⓘ
burn pits used in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan ⓘ
requires toxic exposure screenings for enrolled veterans ⓘ
shortName Honoring our PACT Act ⓘ
signedBy Joe Biden ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
topic VA disability claims ⓘ
military toxic exposure ⓘ
veterans health ⓘ
yearEnacted 2022 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 → partOf → Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 ⓘ
linked to: PACT Act
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 → relatedLegislation → Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 ⓘ
linked to: PACT Act
United States veterans benefits legislation → includes → Pact Act of 2022 ⓘ
linked to: PACT Act