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HR 2697 106th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular diseases Disabled Gulf War syndrome Health Muscular diseases Nervous system diseases Respiratory diseases Skin diseases Sleep disorders Veterans' disability compensation

Persian Gulf War Syndrome Compensation Act of 1999

Introduced: August 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Aug 4, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Persian Gulf War Syndrome Compensation Act of 1999 - Considers the following chronic symptoms from which a Persian Gulf War veteran with Persian Gulf War Syndrome is suffering to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability provisions, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such symptoms during the period of such service: (1) joint pain; (2) muscle pain; (3) fatigue; (4) severe headache; (5) memory loss; (6) respiratory disorder; (7) sleep disturbances; (8) skin rash; and (9) circulatory disorders.

What's happening now October 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2000
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Nov 17, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 10, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 10, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2697: Persian Gulf War Syndrome Compensation Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2697/
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"H.R. 2697: Persian Gulf War Syndrome Compensation Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2697/.
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H.R. 2697, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2697/.
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