SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING GULF WAR ILLNESS.

SEC. 771. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING GULF WAR ILLNESS. (a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Americans served in the Persian Gulf Conflict of 1991 in defense of vital national security interests of the United States. (2) It was known to United States intelligence and military commanders that biological and chemical agents were in theater throughout the conflict. (3) An undetermined amount of these agents were released into theater. (4) A large number of United States military veterans and allied veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations have been stricken with a variety of severe illnesses.111 STAT. 1830 (5) Previous efforts to discern the causes of those illnesses have been inadequate, and those illnesses are affecting the health of both veterans and their families. (b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that all promising technology and treatments relating to Gulf War illnesses should be fully explored and tested to facilitate treatment for members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served the United States in the Persian Gulf conflict and are stricken with unexplainable illness.