3.0.0 5590 2022-02-08T23:17:52Z 2022-02-08T23:17:52Z House HR 2020-01-13 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CISNEROS:H.R. 5590.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution[Page H208]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2020-02-07T15:59:02Z Referred to 2020-01-13T17:00:52Z 2020-02-07 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2020-01-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 N D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2020-01-13 True G000585 Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] Jimmy Gomez D CA 34 2020-01-13 True K000394 Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] Andy Kim D NJ 3 2020-01-13 True M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2020-01-13 True P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2020-01-13 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2020-01-13 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2020-10-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Asia Citizenship and naturalization Conflicts and wars South Korea Veterans' medical care Vietnam Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-01-13 Introduced in House 2021-02-19T15:22:28Z Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or the Korean American VALOR Act

This bill entitles certain veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill entitles those veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or during a time period determined by the VA, and became U.S. citizens after such service.

]]> Korean American VALOR Act Display Title Korean American VALOR Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain individuals who served in Vietnam as a member of the armed forces of the Republic of Korea as a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Korean American VALOR Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr5590ih/xml/BILLS-116hr5590ih.xml 2020-02-07 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.