[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4086 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4086

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the definition of 
 Vietnam era for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2020

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the definition of 
 Vietnam era for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF DEFINITION OF VIETNAM ERA FOR PURPOSES OF THE LAWS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 101(29)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``February 28, 1961'' and inserting ``November 1, 1955''.
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