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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="1559" measure-id="id113s1559" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-09-27" update-date="2013-12-09">
<title>Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s1559v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2013-12-09">
<action-date>2013-09-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013 - Provides that, with respect to eligibility for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of Filipino veterans who are lawful U.S. residents, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not determine that such a person is not an individual residing in the United States solely because the person is outside the United States for any period of less than one year.</p>]]></summary-text>
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