,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjac,mr4 ,gutirrez 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4          
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,enyart1 ,ms4          
,hanabusa1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,sablan1   
,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 and ,mrs4
 ,bustos7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to modify the method of determining     
whether ,filipino veterans are ,united  
,states residents for purposes of       
eligibility for receipt of the          
full-dollar rate of compensation under  
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,benefits ,fairness for ,filipino       
,veterans ,act of #bjac4  #b4           
,determination of eligibility of certain
 ,filipino veterans for full-dollar rate
 of benefits under the laws administered

 by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs
 ,section #ajg7;c7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence3 ,the
 ,secretary may not determine that a    
person is not an individual residing in 
the ,united ,states for purposes of this
 subsection solely because the person is
 outside the ,united ,states for any    
period of time less than one year44