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HR 4131 100th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Airports Aviation Veterans' benefits Veterans' employment Vietnam veterans

A bill to change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits available to veterans of a period of war to veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the period beginning…

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A bill to change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits available to veterans of a period of war to veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the period beginning on March 1, 1961, and ending on August 4, 1964.

Introduced: March 10, 1988 See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Changes the definition of "Vietnam era," for purposes of veterans' benefits, to include, in the case of a veteran who served on active duty in the armed forces in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, or the adjacent waters, the period from March 1, 1961 through August 4, 1964.

Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to apply such definition to veterans' employment preference.

What's happening now March 10, 1988

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 30, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4131: A bill to change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits available to veterans of a period of war to veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the period beginning on March 1, 1961, and ending on August 4, 1964.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4131/
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"H.R. 4131: A bill to change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits available to veterans of a period of war to veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the period beginning on March 1, 1961, and ending on August 4, 1964.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4131/.
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H.R. 4131, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4131/.
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[H.R. 4131: A bill to change the date of the beginning of the Vietnam era to provide certain benefits available to veterans of a period of war to veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the period beginning on March 1, 1961, and ending on August 4, 1964.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-4131/)
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