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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 9, 2007
Amends the Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 to remove the requirement that, in order to qualify for retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program during the period beginning on October 7, 2001, and ending on November 30, 2005, the Secretary of the military department concerned must determine that the loss was a direct result of a traumatic injury incurred in the theater of operations for Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom (thus including traumatic injury incurred while performing other types of military service during such period under such coverage).
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Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] · R–ID
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S298)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S297-298)
Introduced in Senate
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