,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjba,mr4 ,menendez introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve compensation for disabilities
 occurring in ,persian ,gulf ,war       
veterans1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,improving compensation for disabilities
 occurring in ,persian ,gulf ,war       
veterans  7a7 ,reduction in threshold of
 eligibility ,subsection 7a77#a7 of     
section #aaag of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
became manifest-- and all that follows  
through the period at the end and       
inserting became manifest to any degree 
at any time4  7b7 ,permanent extension  
of period of eligibility  7#a7 ,in      
general ,such section is amended by     
striking subsection 7b74  7#b7          
,conforming amendments ,such section1 as

 amended by paragraph 7#a71 is further  
amended-- 7,a7 by redesignating         
subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as subsections  
7b7 and 7c71 respectively2 and  7,b7 in 
subsection 7a77#b77;,c71 by striking    
under subsection 7d7 and inserting under
 subsection 7c74  7c7 ,establishing     
singular ,disability ,based             
,questionnaire ,such section1 as amended
 by subsection 7b71 is further amended  
by inserting after subsection 7c7 the   
following new subsection 7d73  7d7 ,the 
,secretary shall develop a ,disability  
,benefits ,questionnaire 7,,dbq71 or    
successor questionnaire1 such that if a 
,persian ,gulf veteran presents with any
 one symptom associated with ,gulf ,war 
,illness1 use of such questionnaire is  
mandatory for health care personnel of  
the ,department for the identification  
of ,gulf ,war ,illness4  4  7d7         
,expansion of definition of ,persian    
,gulf veteran ,subsection 7f7 of such   
section is amended by inserting 1       
,afghanistan1 ,israel1 ,egypt1 ,turkey1 

,syria1 or ,jordan after operations4    
7e7 ,training ,such section is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7i7 7#a7 ,the ,secretary   
shall take such actions as may be       
necessary to ensure that health care    
personnel of the ,department are        
appropriately trained to effectively    
carry out this section4  7#b7 ,not less 
frequently than once each year1 the     
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report on the actions taken by the      
,secretary to carry out paragraph 7#a74 
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