3.0.0 154 2023-01-11T13:34:38Z 2023-01-11T13:34:38Z House HR 2017-01-03 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)][Pages H50-H51]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas:H.R. 154.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H51]]Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Appropriations Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 9, Cl. 7)]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2017-01-19T20:16:55Z Referred to 2017-01-03T17:03:40Z 2017-01-19 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2017-01-03 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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[D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2018-12-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Conflicts and wars Government trust funds Marine and inland water transportation Transportation employees Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-01-03 Introduced in House 2017-01-12T23:30:47Z Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017

This bill establishes in the Treasury the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund from which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to make one payment of $25,000 to each individual who, between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, was a documented member of the U.S. merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) serving as a crewmember of a vessel that was operated in U.S. waters by the War Shipping Administration or the Office of Defense Transportation and under contract to, or the property of, the United States. Such individuals must: (1) apply for such benefit within one year after the enactment of this Act, and (2) not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.

The VA shall include, in annual budget documents submitted to Congress, detailed information on the Fund's operation.

]]> Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 Display Title Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr154ih/xml/BILLS-115hr154ih.xml 2017-01-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 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.