[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2779 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2779

 To amend chapter 42 of title 38, United States Code, with respect to 
                  the definition of disabled veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 1993

 Mr. Montgomery (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 42 of title 38, United States Code, with respect to 
                  the definition of disabled veteran.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    Paragraph (3) of section 4211 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) The term `disabled veteran' means any veteran who has 
        a compensable service-connected disability under laws 
        administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or whose 
        discharge or release from active duty was for a disability 
        incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.''.

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