[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2038 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2038

 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

                              May 16, 2013

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Vargas, and Ms. McCollum) 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 2013''.

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 Veteran Affairs;''.
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