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Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001

Introduced: February 28, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2001
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Jun 28, 2001
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-489.
Feb 28, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 28, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1701)
Feb 28, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 June 28, 2001

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 27, 2001
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 28, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 409: Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-409/
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"S. 409: Persian Gulf War Illness Compensation Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-409/.
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