[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 35 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 35

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that persons 
 considered to be Commonwealth Army veterans by reason of service with 
   the Armed Forces during World War II in the Philippines shall be 
 eligible for full veterans' benefits from the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Gilman (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Mrs. 
    Mink) introduced the following bill, which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that persons 
 considered to be Commonwealth Army veterans by reason of service with 
   the Armed Forces during World War II in the Philippines shall be 
 eligible for full veterans' benefits from the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101(2) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ``Such term includes a person who is a 
Commonwealth Army veteran within the meaning of section 635(1) of this 
title.''.

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