[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 257 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 257

 To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to make eligible 
 for membership those veterans that have served within the territorial 
                         limits of South Korea.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 20 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

   Mr. Dole (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
McCain, and Mr. Campbell) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to make eligible 
 for membership those veterans that have served within the territorial 
                         limits of South Korea.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the 
Act of May 28, 1936 (36 U.S.C. 115), is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 5. A person may not be a member of the corporation created 
by this Act unless that person--
            ``(1) served honorably as a member of the Armed Forces of 
        the United States in a foreign war, insurrection, or 
        expedition, which service has been recognized as campaign-medal 
        service and is governed by the authorization of the award of a 
        campaign badge by the Government of the United States; or
            ``(2) while a member of the Armed Forces of the United 
        States, served honorably on the Korean peninsula or in its 
        territorial waters for not less than 30 consecutive days, or a 
        total of 60 days, after June 30, 1949.''
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