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Pass a Budget, on Time, to Avoid Damage Caused By Continuing Resolutions

Continuing resolutions stall plans to modernize DoD and improve the lives of servicemembers, military families, retirees, and veterans. New programs receive no funds while outdated ones limp forward. Looming shutdowns put some servicemembers’ pay at risk. Ask your lawmakers to pass a budget on time this year.
Ask Your Lawmaker to Help Expand Benefits for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

The Senate version of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would expand the VA benefits available to Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange, adding medical conditions scientifically linked to such exposure.
Ask Your Lawmaker to Help Expand Benefits for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would expand the VA benefits available to Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange, adding conditions scientifically linked to such exposure.
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support FY21 NDAA Provisions to Stop Cuts to Military Medicine

Act now to urge your elected officials to support FY21 NDAA legislation that will halt cuts to military medicine and increase congressional oversight of these efforts.

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Protect Gold Star spouses during future shutdowns

Under current law, Gold Star spouses receiving benefits from the Department of Defense are protected from interruptions in payments during a government shutdown. But because Coast Guard paychecks come from the Department of Homeland Security, these survivors are still at risk.
Urge your legislators to support concurrent receipt

Contact your representative and senators and urge them to support H.R. 5995, the Maj. Richard Star Act, and the companion S. 3393 -- which would provide concurrent receipt for servicemembers unable to complete 20 years of service due to their combat-related injuries. Help ensure these men and women get their full service-earned retirement, as well as their disability compensation from the VA.
Act now to extend CHAMPVA coverage

Did you know many adult children of veterans who are disabled or who died from a service-connected disability risk losing their health care through no fault of their own during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Support the Jobs and Childcare for Military Families Act

According to Department of Defense data, 24% of the military spouse labor force remains unemployed. That’s over six times higher than the national unemployment rate. Additionally, many military families feel the impact of the rising cost of health and dependent care. To retain the best and brightest in an all-volunteer force, we must remove as many barriers to family financial stability as possible. Ask Congress to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to military spouses and provide Flexible Spending Accounts as a servicemember benefit.
Act Now to Help Veteran Caregivers

The Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures (TEAM) for Veteran Caregivers Act improves the veterans caregiver program by ensuring all caregivers are included in the veterans’ medical records, establishing a minimum standard of information in downgrade notification letters, and extending benefits for at least 90 days after a termination letter is sent for cases where a veteran is deemed “no longer clinically eligible” for the program.
American-made Meds for Troops and More Oversight of Foreign-Made Drugs

Our nation increasingly relies on generic medications manufactured outside the U.S. Unfortunately, this reliance includes the associated medication manufacturing processes and ingredients, which are not under the strict scrutiny of the FDA.
Tell Congress to Expand the Military Lending Act Protections to all Americans

The Military Lending Act is the most successful consumer protection to be enacted. We need to build on this success and protect members of the National Guard and Reserves, veterans, and survivors.
Tell Congress to Ensure the VA Covers These Four Conditions Linked to Agent Orange Exposure

Four medical conditions – bladder cancer, Parkinson’s like symptoms, hypothyroidism, and hypertension – have met scientific scrutiny to join the list of diseases connected to exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides. The VA is conducting additional studies about whether to cover veterans impacted by these four “presumptives,” and we need Congress’ help!
Support incentive pay parity for Guard and Reserve components of the uniformed services

RC aviation personnel currently receive only 1/30th of the Aviation Incentive Pay their active duty counterparts receive. In the wake of a nationwide pilot shortage, the uniformed services are experiencing retention problems. Providing incentive pay parity, across all components, would encourage both departing active component aviator and their RC peers alike, to continue serving in the Guard and Reserve. This issue is not just one of fairness, but one of maintaining our readiness as a total force. H.R. 2953, the Aviation Incentive Pay Parity Act, would remediate this discrepancy by authorizing incentive pay equivalent to the regular component.
Congress Must Secure America’s Pharmaceutical Supply

Recent events have revealed the vulnerability of the international medical infrastructure, and the need for a close look at the supply chain for critical medications and medical supplies.
Support the Military Family Readiness Improvement Act

Congress has recognized a 360-degree approach is needed to improve military family readiness. This bill would require more in-depth program evaluation, creates policies to address military family health care and military spouse employment, and makes improvements to multiple family programs such as child care, EFMP, and DoDEA schools.
Urge Congress to Improve Support for Military Special Needs Families

TRICARE’s ECHO program falls short compared with state Medicaid services for individuals who would otherwise require care in an institutional setting. Please act now to urge your representative to co-sponsor H.R. 6148, the TRICARE ECHO Improvement Act, which better aligns ECHO coverage with state Medicaid programs.
Support concurrent receipt for all disabled military retirees

Act now to support concurrent receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation, regardless of VA disability rating.
Expand Military Spouse Education Opportunities

H.R. 7112, The Military Spouse Career Education Act, will enable military spouses to use the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) Program for funds for national testing and continuing education units, and get reimbursed for costs associated with continuing education brought on by PCS moves.
Waive TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy Copays During National Emergencies, including COVID-19

Many military beneficiaries cannot access their military treatment facility pharmacies due to installation access restrictions or social distancing measures. Please act now to urge your Senator to co-sponsor the TRICARE Prescription Relief Act, authorizing DoD to temporarily waive TRICARE pharmacy copays during national emergencies, including COVID-19.
Pass a Budget, on Time, to Avoid Damage Caused By Continuing Resolutions

Continuing resolutions stall plans to modernize DoD and improve the lives of servicemembers, military families, retirees, and veterans. New programs receive no funds while outdated ones limp forward. Looming shutdowns put some servicemembers’ pay at risk. Ask your lawmakers to pass a budget on time this year.
Ask Your Lawmaker to Help Expand Benefits for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

The Senate version of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would expand the VA benefits available to Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange, adding medical conditions scientifically linked to such exposure.
Ask Your Lawmaker to Help Expand Benefits for Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would expand the VA benefits available to Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicides such as Agent Orange, adding conditions scientifically linked to such exposure.
Protect the Military’s Medical Pipeline

Graduates of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences become some of the military’s most prominent, longest-tenured, best-trained medical providers. The research done under the university’s umbrella has been part of major improvements in post-traumatic stress treatments, psychiatric and critical care, and a host of other disciplines. Ask your lawmakers to stop proposed cuts to this institution.
Ask Congress to Preserve Arlington National Cemetery and Eligibility for 20-Year Retirees

Contact your representative and urge them to support non-contiguous expansion of our national cemetery to continue current operations and military honors well into the future.
Help Military Families by Passing Child Care Stabilization Funding

Act now to urge your congressman to secure financial relief for the U.S. childcare industry. Many military families receive childcare in the civilian sector. Childcare closures and rising costs due to COVID-19 have created hardships for military families which directly effects recruitment, retention, and military readiness. Ask Congress to pass this funding to help keep providers in business and ensure affordability of services.
Ask Congress to Support Important Survivor Legislation

I am writing to you to ask you to support the survivor community and cosponsor legislation that will reduce the so-called “remarriage penalty” from 57 to 55, reduce the 10-year window to five years for those providing care to the seriously injured, and raise Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) to 55% to bring it on par with benefits received by federal employees.
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support FY21 NDAA Provisions to Stop Cuts to Military Medicine

Act now to urge your elected officials to support FY21 NDAA legislation that will halt cuts to military medicine and increase congressional oversight of these efforts.