,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cebg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjai,mr4 
,walberg 7for himself1 ,mr4             
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 and ,mr4
 ,rush7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to assign the highest priority status   
for hospital care and medical services  
provided through the ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs to veterans who are  
former prisoners of war4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,pow ,priority ,care ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,highest priority status for        
enrollment of former prisoners of war in
 health care system of ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,enrollment     
,section #agje7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking and   
veterans and inserting 1 veterans2 and  
7,b7 by striking the period at the end  

and inserting 1 and veterans who are    
former prisoners of war42 and  7#b7 in  
paragraph 7#c71 by striking who are     
former prisoners of war or4  7b7        
,extended care services ,section        
#agaj;,b7c77#b77;,d7 of such title is   
amended by inserting a veteran who is a 
former prisoner of war or before a      
veteran who4  7c7 ,applicability ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to veterans who are  
former prisoners of war before1 on1 or  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4