S 3235
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability assistance
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 18, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 18, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for veterans with permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, who served on active duty in combat or in a military occupational specialty in which they were exposed to a high level of acoustic trauma.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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