[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2926 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2926

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide, without expiration, hospital care, medical 
   services, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans 
       exposed to herbicide and veterans of the Persian Gulf War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2009

  Mr. Nye (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) 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 direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide, without expiration, hospital care, medical 
   services, and nursing home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans 
       exposed to herbicide and veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

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

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING 
              HOME CARE FOR CERTAIN VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS EXPOSED TO 
              HERBICIDE AND VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.

    Section 1710(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)(2)(F)--'' and all 
                that follows through ``(C) in the case'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a)(2)(F) in the case of''; and
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of the 
                former subparagraph (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                such paragraph (3) and by moving such new subparagraphs 
                two ems to the left; and
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``paragraphs (2) and 
        (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)''.
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