[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2585 Introduced in House (IH)]





105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2585

To provide that service of the members of the group known as the United 
    States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active 
military service for purposes of any law administered by the Department 
                          of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1997

  Mrs. Lowey (for herself and Mr. Oberstar) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in 
  addition to the Committee on National Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that service of the members of the group known as the United 
    States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active 
military service for purposes of any law administered by the Department 
                          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 ``United States Cadet Nurse Corps 
Equity Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of section 401(a)(1)(A) of the GI 
Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. 106 note), the Secretary of 
Defense is deemed to have determined that qualified service of a person 
constituted active military service.
    (b) Determination of Discharge Status.--
            (1) The Secretary of Defense shall issue an honorable 
        discharge under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement 
        Act of 1977 to each person whose qualified service warrants an 
        honorable discharge.
            (2) Such discharge shall be issued before the end of the 
        one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.

    Benefits shall not be paid to any person as a result of the 
enactment of this Act for any period before the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``qualified service'' means 
service of a person as a member of the group known as the United States 
Cadet Nurse Corps during the period beginning July 1, 1943, and ending 
December 15, 1945.
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