[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1955 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1955

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that a person who is 
 sentenced to life in prison or death pursuant to Federal law forfeits 
                   all veterans' gratuitous benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1997

 Mr. Knollenberg (for himself, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hayworth, 
and Mr. Upton) 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 provide that a person who is 
 sentenced to life in prison or death pursuant to Federal law forfeits 
                   all veterans' gratuitous benefits.

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

SECTION 1. FORFEITURE OF GRATUITOUS BENEFITS FOR VETERANS CONVICTED OF 
              CERTAIN CRIMES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 6105 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
(3), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``; and'', and by inserting after paragraph 
(4) the following:
            ``(5) life in prison or death pursuant to Federal law 
        (other than an offense described in paragraphs (1) through (4) 
        of this subsection).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subsection (b) of section 6105 of such 
title is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``prescribed in'' in the matter 
        preceding paragraph (1);
            (2) by inserting ``prescribed in'' before ``sections'' in 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); and
            (3) by inserting ``prescribed in'' before ``section'' in 
        paragraph (4).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to persons sentenced to life in prison or executed after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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