[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6812 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6812

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the delimiting date 
for certain benefits for surviving spouses of Persian Gulf War veterans 
 under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2025

 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Yakym) 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 extend the delimiting date 
for certain benefits for surviving spouses of Persian Gulf War veterans 
 under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Gulf War Survivor Benefits Update 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DELIMITING DATE FOR 
              CERTAIN BENEFITS FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES OF PERSIAN GULF 
              WAR VETERANS.

    Section 1541(f)(1)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``January 1, 2001'' and inserting ``the date that is ten 
years and one day after the date of the termination of the Persian Gulf 
War, as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law''.
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