President Biden Will Sign Burn Pits Bill Into Law Tomorrow

News -- August 9, 2022: The Senate on finally passed a bill improving health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, breaking a short deadlock over the proposal

that enraged supporters and led some to camp outside the Capitol.

For millions of people who served close to burn pits, the measure increases access to healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs. It instructs the VA to assume that certain cancers and respiratory conditions were caused by exposure to burn pits, enabling veterans to receive allowing veterans to recieve disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service.

On Wednesday, August 10, Biden is slated to sign the legislation into law in the Rose Garden of the White House.