House Passes Bill to Send Payments to Victims of Likely Directed Energy Attacks

House Passes Bill to Send Payments to Victims of Likely Directed Energy Attacks
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) at a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 20, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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The House on Sept. 21 unanimously passed a bipartisan measure that would authorize payments to victims of likely directed energy attacks, also known as the Havana syndrome.

The legislation, titled Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA) Act, and led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), was approved by a 427–0 vote. It was first passed by the Senate on June 7, and measure now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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