NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE AND

BILL SPONSOR NOTIFICATION 2009-2010 SESSION These bills are coming up for  consideration Wednesday, May 20, 2009 before the Homeland Security Committee. Contact your Representatives as well

as ALL the members of the Committee. Let your Voice be heard on these Issues Affecting NC Veterans.

      HB 594  Increase Disabled Vet Property Tax Exclusion. HB 1422 UNC Tuition Surcharge Exemption.

      HB 1457 In-State Tuition/Soldier Return to NC. HB 1533 No Tuition Surcharge/Military or Disability.

      HB 1573 Help Homeless Veterans Receive Benefits.

        NC VETERANS

                                     “Issues Affecting

                               North Carolina’s Veterans”

Two new VA outpatient clinics have been approved for NC. Edenton-Elizabeth City area and Goldsboro. In addition to these clinics, which will open in 2010, two others will open next year in Lumberton and Rutherfordton.

Most Veterans who recently returned from a combat zone are eligible for five (5) years no-cost VA care.

The VA awarded a grant of $2 million and approved the land transfer for the NC Veterans Home in Salisbury. The land is part of the VAMC in Salisbury.

Time to use Education Benefit extended for spouses of totally disabled veterans from 10 years to 20 years.

White House drops plan to bill disabled vets’ insurance companies. Obama’s administration backed down on a controversial proposal that would force private insurance companies to pay for service connected disability treatment

Veteran’s Benefits Provided by the

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Tax Relief     Voting      Veterans Nursing Homes           

We Have The Freedoms We Enjoy Today!

Thanks to Our Servicemen & Women

And All Veterans From past Conflicts

LINKS TO OTHER SITES OF INTEREST TO NC’S VETERANS

Gulf War syndrome is an illness reported by combat veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. On Nov 17, 2008,  the federally mandated Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses produced a 452-page report, indicating that roughly 1 in 4 of the 697,000 veterans who served in the first Gulf War are afflicted with the disorder. Exposure to toxic chemicals was identified as the cause of the illness. The  report states that "scientific evidence leaves  no question that Gulf War illness is a real condition with real causes and serious consequences for affected veterans."                                       (more see pages 11-12)

The House-Senate conference agreement provides $53.4 billion in appropriations for the VA, 11.7 percent above the 2009 level.  It would allow Congress to fund veterans medical care one year in advance. So, in addition to funding the VA's three medical care accounts in the fiscal year 2010 appropriations bill, Congress could also set the level of funding to become available at the start of the 2011 fiscal year.