Bill107th CongressFiled Feb 28, 2001Armed Forces and National Security
S. 409
Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 28, 2001)
Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001 - Amends a veterans' benefits program of compensation for disabilities occurring in veterans of the Persian Gulf War to: (1) require such disabilities, to be compensable, to occur before December 31, 2011, or such later date as prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; (2) define an "undiagnosed illness" in such veterans as one manifested by specified symptoms or signs the cause, etiology, or origin of which cannot be specifically and definitely identified; and (3) include an undiagnosed illness having such a symptom or sign within the presumption of being service-connected and therefore treatable as a service-connected disability.
What just happenedJun 28, 2001
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-489.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX](R-TX)Sponsor
16 cosponsors12 D4 R
16cosponsors1committees4actions31subjects
- Introduced in SenateFeb 28, 2001
- Jun 28, 2001Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-489.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Feb 28, 2001IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Feb 28, 2001IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1701)
- Feb 28, 2001IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate