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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act</strong> <strong>of 2016</strong> <p>This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). <p> The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. <p> Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.]]></text>
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