[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4701 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4701

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
 Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
 purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1994

 Mr. Filner (for himself and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
 Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
 purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN SERVICE IN THE ORGANIZED MILITARY FORCES OF THE 
              PHILIPPINES DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 107 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``not'' after ``Army of the United 
                States, shall''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, except benefits un- der--'' and 
                all that follows and inserting a period; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``not'' after ``Armed Forces 
                Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 shall''; and
                    (B) by striking ``except--'' and all that follows 
                and inserting a period.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Heading.--The heading of such section is amended to 
        read as follows:
``Sec. 107. Certain service in organized military forces of the 
              Philippines deemed to be active service''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to such section 
        in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:

``107. Certain service in organized military forces of the Philippines 
                            deemed to be active service.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 1994.
    (b) Applicability.--No benefits shall accrue to any person for any 
period before the effective date of this Act by reason of the 
amendments made by this Act.
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