[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1347 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1347
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that
for former prisoners of war to be eligible for Department of Veterans
Affairs dental benefits they must have been interned for a specified
minimum period of time.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 19, 2003
Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that
for former prisoners of war to be eligible for Department of Veterans
Affairs dental benefits they must have been interned for a specified
minimum period of time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Former Prisoners of War Equitable
Dental Benefits Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIRED MINIMUM PERIOD OF INTERNMENT FOR FORMER
PRISONERS OF WAR TO BE ELIGIBILE FOR DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS DENTAL BENEFITS.
Section 1712(a)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``for a period of not less than 90 days''.
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