[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4574 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4574

 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to assure that merchant 
   marine service during World War II that the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs deems to be active military duty by reason of a determination 
 by the Secretary of Defense is considered to be creditable service in 
  the computation of retirement benefits to the same degree as other 
              active duty service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1998

  Mr. Snowbarger (for himself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Ryun, and Mr. 
   Tiahrt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to assure that merchant 
   marine service during World War II that the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs deems to be active military duty by reason of a determination 
 by the Secretary of Defense is considered to be creditable service in 
  the computation of retirement benefits to the same degree as other 
              active duty service, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Merchant Marine-Railroad Retirement 
Correction Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1(g)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end ``For the purposes of section 
3(i)(2) of this Act, military service shall also be deemed to include 
service that is deemed to be active duty for the purposes of laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by reason of a 
determination by the Secretary of Defense under section 401 of Public 
Law 95-202 (38 U.S.C. 106 note).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to months beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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