[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3230 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3230

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that a disease that 
  is incurred or aggravated by a member of a reserve component in the 
 performance of duty while performing inactive duty training shall be 
considered to be service-connected for purposes of benefits under laws 
           administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 1999

  Mr. Stupak 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 a disease that 
  is incurred or aggravated by a member of a reserve component in the 
 performance of duty while performing inactive duty training shall be 
considered to be service-connected for purposes of benefits under laws 
           administered 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. DISEASES INCURRED OR AGGRAVATED BY A MEMBER OF A RESERVE 
              COMPONENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE PERFORMING 
              INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE SERVICE-
              CONNECTED FOR PURPOSES OF BENEFITS UNDER LAWS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(24) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
``or from a disease incurred or aggravated in performance of duty''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to diseases incurred or aggravated in performance of 
duty during a period of inactive duty training performed on or after 
October 17, 1997.
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