Veterans filing disability claims for military sexual assault or harassment face barriers to receiving compensation for their service-connected conditions.
Under the provision, a trained third party would have to be present for exams conducted by obstetrician-gynecologists at military treatment facilities.
After controversial amendment votes, a House committee advanced a bill early Friday morning that would authorize the largest defense budget in history.
The U.S. defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 has raised the prospect of an increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in dangerous regions.