To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era.

3.0.0 4261 2023-01-13T04:49:42Z 2023-01-13T04:49:42Z House H HR 2005-11-09 109 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-29T20:55:25Z hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-29T20:55:16Z hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-29T20:54:57Z Referred to 2005-11-09T15:00:30Z 2005-11-29 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-11-29 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2005-11-29 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2005-11-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2005-11-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 N Armed Forces and National Security Labor and Employment Merchant marine Merchant seamen Military discharges Transportation and Public Works Veterans' benefits Vietnam veterans Armed Forces and National Security

00 2005-11-09 Introduced in House 2005-12-09T22:06:41Z Considers as active duty service, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs, service of an individual in the U.S. merchant marine who: (1) served as a crewmember of a vessel that was in oceangoing service during the Vietnam Era in the Southeast Asia theater of operations; and (2) received a certificate of honorable discharge. Makes such eligibility retroactive as of the last date of such service.

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To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era. Display Title To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era. Official Title as Introduced To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2005-11-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4261ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4261ih.xml 2005-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.