<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear fellow federationists,<div><br></div><div>If you have not heard yet, n<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ext week the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 will be up for a committee vote in the Senate. The update to the Space Available program that would allow veterans with a service-connected permanent disability rated as total, who received their disability before 1978 to have access to military flights has been included in the House version of the NDAA, but not the Senate version. This is a position that we have found ourselves in the past.We want to ensure that we do everything we can to try and get the legislation into the Senate version of the NDAA this fiscal year. Please read John Pare’s email below to find out how you can help.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Juanita Herrera, Vice President </div><div>National Federation Of The Blind Of California San Fernando Valley Chapter<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Pare, John via NFBNet-Members-List" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 16, 2018 at 1:19:12 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - May 16, 2018</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Pare, John" <<a href="mailto:JPare@nfb.org">JPare@nfb.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Next week, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 will be up for a committee vote in the Senate. The update to the Space Available program<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>that would allow veterans with a service-connected permanent disability rated as total, who received their disability before 1978 to have access to military flights has been included in the House version of the NDAA, but not the Senate version. This
is a position that we have found ourselves in previously. We want to ensure that we do everything we can to try and get the legislation into the Senate version of the NDAA.
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