PENSION ELIGIBILITY FOR PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES OF PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS

SEC. 333. PENSION ELIGIBILITY FOR PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES OF PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS (a) Section 501 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting “the Persian Gulf War,” in paragraph (4) after “the Vietnam era,”. (b) Section 541(f)(1) of such title is amended— (1) by striking out “or” before (D); and (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end “, or (E) January 1, 2001, in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran of the Persian Gulf War”. (c) Conforming Amendments.— (1) The heading above section 541 of such title is amended to read as follows: “other periods of war”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended by striking out the heading between the items relating to section 537 and 541 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “other periods of war”.