Bost Applauds Veterans Funding Bill Passed by House

Local Congressman Mike Bost said today that legislation passed by the US House fully funds veterans programs and military construction for the next fiscal year.

Bost said, "I am proud to have helped pass legislation that fully funds veterans' programs, protects veterans' Second Amendment rights, and stops taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions from the VA."

Bost said his key priorities in the bill include:

--Bost's amendment requiring the VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services

--protecting veterans' Second Amendment rights by prohibiting the VA from submitting a veteran or beneficiary's name to the FBI's NICS list without a judge's consent simply because they require a fiduciary to help manage their finances

--prohibiting the VA from cutting reimbursements for private ground and air ambulatory emergency transportation services