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S 977 111th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability and paralysis Veterans' pensions and compensation

Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009

Introduced: May 5, 2009 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Oct 21, 2009
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-264.
May 5, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 5, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009 - Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war (POWs) to repeal the currently required 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disability compensation. Adds diabetes (type 2) to the listed diseases. Requires: (1) such presumption also with respect to any disease that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines warrants such presumption by reason of having a positive association with the experience of being a POW; and (2) the Secretary to make such a determination within 60 days after a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War that such presumption be established for a non-listed disease.
What's happening now October 21, 2009

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-264.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 977: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-977/
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"S. 977: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-977/.
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