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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="868" measure-id="id113s868" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-07" update-date="2013-05-17">
<title>Filipino Veterans Promise Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s868v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2013-05-17">
<action-date>2013-05-07</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Filipino Veterans Promise Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a process for determining whether individuals who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or in the Philippine Scouts while in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and who are not included in the Missouri List are eligible for certain benefits relating to their U.S. service.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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