Veterans bill to become law; addresses brain trauma, sexual assault, housing and home loans

WASHINGTON — Congress finalized work on the “The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act” on Tuesday, sending the measure to the White House to be signed into law. Most of the focus on the legislation has centered on provisions to provide for the first time VA health care to families who were exposed to contaminated well water at the North Carolina military facility.

But the sweeping legislation also includes other provisions that could provide new benefits to a wide range of veterans, and represents one of the few major pieces of legislation to work its way through Congress this year.

Read about the provisions that include rural veterans, those suffering from traumatic brain injury and from sexual assault, those seeking adaptive housing and eligibility for VA home loans.