3.0.0 3235 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z 2023-01-11T13:41:48Z Senate S 2018-07-18 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-18T20:29:10Z Hear our Heroes Act of 2017 115 4320 HR 2017-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-07-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-07-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistance Hearing, speech, and vision care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-07-18 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-05T15:56:41Z 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.

]]> Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018 Display Title Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Hearing Benefits Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3235is/xml/BILLS-115s3235is.xml 2018-07-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.