Ensure federal civilian employees exposed to toxic burn pits overseas can access fair and timely compensation for serious illnesses.

Nellie Pou · New Jersey · Democratic

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introduced the Kenya Merritt Renewing Our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity (PACT) Act to ensure federal civilian employees exposed to toxic burn pits overseas can access fair and timely compensation for serious illnesses

Pou and colleagues introduced a bill to guarantee compensation access for federal civilian employees harmed by toxic burn pit exposure overseas.

Pou and Colleagues Introduce New Bill to Help Sick Federal Law Enforcement Left Behind | Representative Nellie Pou
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Congresswoman Nellie Pou and her colleagues have introduced the Kenya Merritt Renewing Our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity (“PACT”) Act, legislation to ensure federal civilian employees exposed to toxic burn pits overseas can access fair and timely compensation for serious illnesses.

Pou announced and backed legislation to give exposed federal civilian employees access to fair, timely compensation for serious illnesses linked to toxic burn pits.

Pou and Colleagues Introduce New Bill to Help Sick Federal Law Enforcement Left Behind | Representative Nellie Pou
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Evidence

Congresswoman Nellie Pou and her colleagues have introduced the Kenya Merritt Renewing Our Promise to Address Chemical Toxicity (“PACT”) Act, legislation to ensure federal civilian employees exposed to toxic burn pits overseas can access fair and timely compensation for serious illnesses. The release says the bill creates a presumption that certain illnesses are work-related for eligible federal employees exposed to burn pits during overseas contingency operations and aligns civilian protections with veteran PACT Act standards.

Pou made a concrete legislative introduction to expand compensation access for federal civilians exposed to toxic burn pits overseas, but the available official record in the lookback window shows introduction rather than enactment or agency implementation.

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Pou and Colleagues Introduce New Bill to Help Sick Federal Law Enforcement Left Behind | Representative Nellie Pou
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unresolved same_term A for effort

Pou made a concrete federal legislative effort in her current House term by introducing the Kenya Merritt PACT Act to create a work-related illness presumption and improve compensation access for federal civilian employees exposed to overseas burn pits. The provided record shows introduction and policy alignment with veteran PACT Act standards, but not enactment, passage, or implemented compensation access. Because she remains in office and the bill appears pending rather than definitively failed, the promise is best treated as unresolved with an effort badge.

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