[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 130 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7008]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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      By Mr. DURBIN:
  S. 1559. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the 
method of determining whether Filipino veterans are United States 
residents for purposes of eligibility for receipt of the full-dollar 
rate of compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1559

       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 ``Benefits Fairness for 
     Filipino Veterans Act of 2013''.

     SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN FILIPINO 
                   VETERANS FOR FULL-DOLLAR RATE OF BENEFITS UNDER 
                   THE LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       Section 107(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
     Secretary may not determine that a person is not an 
     individual residing in the United States for purposes of this 
     subsection solely because the person is outside the United 
     States for any period of time less than one year.''.

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