PUBLIC LAW 103-446—NOV. 2, 1994 108 STAT. 4653 (1) to analyze the health status of larce numbers of spouses and children oi Persian Gulf veterans; and (2) to formulate research hypotheses regarding possible association between illnesses or aisorders suffered by Persian Gulf veterans and illnesses or disorders (including birth defects, miscarriages, and stillbirths) suffered by their spouses and children. (h) USE OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT OF STANDARD PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES. —The Secretary shall— (1) make the standard protocols and guidehnes developed under this section available to any entity which requests a copy of such protocols and Adelines; and (2) enter into the registry the results of any examination of the spouse or child of a veteran who served in the Persian Gulf theater which a licensed physician certifies was conducted using those standsu'd protocols and guidelines. (i) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—(1) The Secretary shall submit to Congress no later than October 31, 1995, a report on the Secretary's implementation of this section. (2) The Secretary shall analyze the data entered into the registry under this section and shall submit to Congress, not later than March 1, 1997, a report on that analysis and on the Secretary's recommendation for any further legislation or studies regarding the health status of spouses and children of Persian Gulf War veterans. H) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section, the terms "chUd" and spouse" have the meanings given those terms in paragraphs (4) and (31), respectively, of section 101 of title 38, Umted States Code. SEC. 108. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF HEALTH EXAMINATIONS PRO- VIDED FOR VISTERANS ELIGIBLE FOR INCLUSION IN HEALTH-RELATED REGISTRIES. Section 703 of the Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health Status Act (title VII of Public Law 102-585; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended— (1) by inserting "(including diagnostic tests)" after "examination" each place it appears other than in subsection (a)(1)(A); (2) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— (A) by inserting "(including any appropriate diagnostic tests)" after "a health examination"; and (B) by inserting "and the tests" after "the examination"; and (3) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting "(including any diagnostic tests)" after "examinations". SEC. 109. SURVEY OF PERSIAN GULF VETERANS. 38 USC 1117 (a) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a survey of Persian Gulf veterans to gather information on the incidence and nature of health problems occurring in Persian Gulf veterans and their families. (b) COORDINATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— Any survey under subsection (a) shall be carried out in coordination with the Secretary of Defense. (c) PERSIAN GULF VITTERAN. — For purposes of this section, a Persism Gulf veteran is an individual who served on active duty in the Armed Forces in the Southwest Asia theater of operations
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