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Congress finalizes sweeping veterans policy bill with new protections for women, students December 16, 2020 Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton in Washington receive information on GI Bill benefits during a college fair on Feb. 20, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Haydn N. Smith/Navy) House lawmakers on Wednesday finalized a massive, sweeping veterans policy measure which includes new protections for student veterans, new aid for veterans hurt by the ongoing pandemic and long sought-after improvements to VA services aimed at women veterans. The 337-page bill cobbled together in recent months from dozens of smaller reform measures easily passed the chamber by a voice vote on Wednesday afternoon. It was advanced by the Senate one week ago without any objections, and now heads to the White House for President Donald Trump’s final signature.
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On Thursday Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and Republican Sen. Steve Daines highlighted provisions they championed that were included in the defense bill.
Named for the first woman to serve in the U.S. Army during the American Revolution, The Deborah Sampson Act is sponsored by Tester in the Senate with co-sponsorships from Daines and more than 50 other senators. The provision earned unanimous passage in the Senate to be included in the defense bill.