A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the ten-year citizenship requirement for eligibility for veterans' health care benefits for lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Czechoslovakia or Poland during World War I or World War II and to extend such benefits to lawful permanent residents of the United States who were members of the Armed Forces of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania during either such war.

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Expands the eligibility for hospital and medical services for discharged members of the allied forces who served during World War I or World War II to include members of the armed forces of the Government of Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania who are permanent residents of the United States. Repeals the ten year residency requirement for all lawful permanent residents of the United States.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 January 1981

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