Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013”.
Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, 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 Affairs.
Sec. 2 Determination of eligibility of certain Filipino veterans for full-dollar rate of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Section 107(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “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 year.”.