Congressional House Resolution 6121 aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code to enhance the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who served in the forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts during World War II. Despite the United States military recruiting over 250,000 Filipino troops to fight alongside American forces and promising them full veterans' benefits and citizenship, these promises were largely unfulfilled due to the Rescission Act of 1946. Subsequent efforts to grant citizenship and compensation have been hampered by difficulties in claiming benefits, often due to a lack of proper documentation, exacerbated by a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in 1973.

H.R.6121 seeks to rectify this historical oversight by allowing the use of alternative military documentation to establish eligibility for benefits and by offering a need-based death pension to the survivors of Filipino WWII veterans. The resolution expresses strong support from the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island for the passage of H.R. 6121, recognizing the honorable service of Filipino veterans. It also directs the Secretary of State to transmit certified copies of the resolution to President Joseph R. Biden and the Rhode Island Congressional delegation, urging them to support and expedite the passage of the bill to finally fulfill the long overdue promise of full access to veterans' benefits for these individuals and their families.