[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2062 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2062

 To amend chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
  veterans who are former prisoners of war shall be deemed to have a 
    service-connected disability rated as total for the purposes of 
             determining the benefits due to such veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 1993

   Mr. Fish introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
  veterans who are former prisoners of war shall be deemed to have a 
    service-connected disability rated as total for the purposes of 
             determining the benefits due to such veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DISABILITY RATING FOR FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.

    (a) Rating of Disability.--Chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) of section 1112;
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) of section 1112 as 
        subsection (b); and
            (3) by inserting after section 1116 the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 1117. Disability rating for former prisoners of war
    ``A veteran who is a former prisoner of war shall be deemed to have 
a service-connected disability rated as total for the purpose of 
determining the benefits due such veteran under this title.''.
    (b) Amendments to Table of Sections.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1116 the following new 
item:

``1117. Disability rating for former prisoners of war.''.

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