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S 71 106th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Acupuncture Blood Blood transfusions Disabled Health Hepatitis Kidney diseases Liver diseases Medical personnel Medical tests Military medicine Veterans' disability compensation

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Jan 19, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S506-507)
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Considers hepatitis C becoming manifest in a veteran to a degree of ten percent or more to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability provisions, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period of such service, as long as it is shown that during such service the veteran experienced: (1) a blood transfusion before December 31, 1992; (2) blood exposure on or through skin or mucous membrane; (3) hemodialysis; (4) a tattoo, body piercing, or acupuncture; (5) unexplained liver disease; (6) an unexplained liver dysfunction value or test; or (7) working in a health-care position or specialty.

What's happening now January 19, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 71: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-71/
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"S. 71: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-71/.
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S. 71, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-71/.
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[S. 71: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with Hepatitis C, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-71/)
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