[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 466 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 466

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of time for 
 the manifestation of chronic disabilities due to undiagnosed symptoms 
   in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War in order for those 
  disabilities to be compensable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1997

Mr. Evans (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. DeFazio, Mrs. Meek of 
  Florida, Mr. Holden, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Dellums, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
    Filner, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Talent, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
  Faleomavaega, Mr. Barcia, and Mr. Bryant) 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 extend the period of time for 
 the manifestation of chronic disabilities due to undiagnosed symptoms 
   in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War in order for those 
  disabilities to be compensable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Persian Gulf War Veterans 
Compensation Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PRESUMPTIVE PERIOD FOR MANIFESTATION OF CHRONIC 
              DISABILITIES DUE TO UNDIAGNOSED SYMPTOMS IN VETERANS WHO 
              SERVED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.

    Subsection (b) of section 1117 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply in the case of a 
disability of a veteran becoming manifest within 10 years after the 
last date on which the veteran performed active military, naval, or air 
service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian 
Gulf War.''.
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