3.0.0 1039 2023-01-11T13:47:53Z 2023-01-11T13:47:53Z Senate S 2021-03-25 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-04-28T19:00:02Z Referred to 2021-03-25T20:37:42Z Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 117 3967 HR 2022-06-16 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 117 3373 S 2022-08-10 Became Public Law No: 117-168. Related bill CRS 2021-04-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-03-25 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2021-04-22 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Asia Conflicts and wars Department of Veterans Affairs Disability assistance Egypt Europe Health personnel Israel Jordan Medical tests and diagnostic methods Middle East Military operations and strategy Syria Turkey Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-28T19:01:44Z This bill addresses disability compensation and care issues for Persian Gulf War veterans.

First, the bill expands eligibility for disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Persian Gulf War veterans who have a qualifying chronic disability that became manifest to any degree at any time.

Next, the VA must develop a Disability Benefits Questionnaire to be used by health care personnel to identify Gulf War illness if a Persian Gulf veteran presents with any one symptom associated with such illness.

The bill also expands who qualifies as a Persian Gulf veteran by including those who served in Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, or Jordan during the Persian Gulf War. Under current law, Persian Gulf veteran refers only to individuals who served on active duty during the Persian Gulf War in particular areas of the Arabian Peninsula.

Finally, the VA must ensure its health care personnel are appropriately trained to provide care to Persian Gulf veterans.

]]> A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1039is/xml/BILLS-117s1039is.xml 2021-04-28 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.