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H.R. 299, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 116th
Date Requested May 10, 2019
Requested By the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Date Sent May 13, 2019
Description:
The bill would Modify home loan programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Increase disability compensation and expand health care for more veterans who served in the seas near Vietnam during the Vietnam War Provide disability compensation to certain veterans who served near the Korea Demilitarized Zone Provide payments, vocational training, rehabilitation services, and health care to the biological children of certain veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam War if those children have been diagnosed with Spina Bifida Estimated budgetary effects would primarily stem from Changes to VA’s home loan programs Increased disability compensation and health care benefits for certain veterans Areas of significant uncertainty include  The number of veterans affected by the bill and the change in their disability ratings  

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