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House Appropriations Committee Report Highlights PACT Act Expansion and Military Housing Mold Remediation

A House report on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs appropriations bill references the PACT Act's major expansion of veterans benefits for burn pit exposures while directing standardization of mold remediation guidelines in military housing and quarterly reporting on affected sites.

House Appropriations Committee Report Highlights PACT Act Expansion and Military Housing Mold Remediation
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A House report on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs appropriations bill references the PACT Act's major expansion of veterans benefits for burn pit exposures while directing standardization of mold remediation guidelines in military housing and quarterly reporting on affected sites.

Source: docs house. Original: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20260421/119215/HMKP-119-AP00-20260421-SD002.pdf

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