HR 612
107th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative procedure
Allergies
Autoimmune diseases
Cardiovascular diseases
Chemicals
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Department of Veterans Affairs
Digestive diseases
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Gulf War syndrome
Health
History
Joint diseases
Law
Menstruation
Mental depression
Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001
Introduced: February 14, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 14, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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