[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6269 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6269

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
  of certain veterans while they have disability claims pending under 
                  title 38 of the United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2012

  Ms. Speier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility 
  of certain veterans while they have disability claims pending under 
                  title 38 of the United States Code.

    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 ``Disabled Veterans Nutrition Fairness 
Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 3(j)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by adding ``or'' at the end, and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) has pending under title 38 of the United 
                States Code a claim for compensation for a service-
                connected disability for which no disposition has yet 
                been made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2012.
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