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<dc:title>113 S2979 IS: To extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2014-12-04</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>113th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 2979</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20141204">December 4, 2014</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S371">Mr. Walsh</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="S314">Mr. Tester</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSVA00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care
			 for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="idC9B49B66B20241B7AF4D39B086432DFC" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Extension of eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care
			 for certain
			 veterans who served in a theater of
			 combat operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/1710">Section 1710(e)(3)(A)</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>period of five years</quote> and inserting <quote>period of 10 years</quote>.</text></section></legis-body></bill>


