[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 430 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 430

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
 hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of that title to 
    veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1999

Mr. Bliley (for himself, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Burton of 
Indiana, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Boucher, Mr. 
    Goode, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Fossella, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
 Gejdenson, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Cook, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, 
  Mr. Coyne, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Holden, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
    Filner, Mr. Shays, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
Underwood, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Danner, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Thurman, 
  Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
Kaptur, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mrs. McCarthy 
 of New York, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Meeks of 
 New York, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Diaz-
Balart, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Granger, Mr. John, Ms. Woolsey, 
 Mr. Stenholm, Ms. Carson, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
    Andrews, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Tancredo, Ms. 
Kilpatrick, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. English, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. 
   Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. Turner, 
Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Walden of Oregon, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
Mr. Bryant, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
  Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gillmor, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Baker, Mr. 
Traficant, Mr. Horn, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Frost, Mr. Towns, 
  Mr. Bachus, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
    Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Upton, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. McCollum) 
 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 extend eligibility for 
 hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of that title to 
    veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart, 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. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL 
              SERVICES BASED ON AWARD OF PURPLE HEART.

    (a) Eligibility.--Section 1710(a)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (F);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraph (G):
                    ``(G) who has been awarded the Purple Heart; or''.
    (b) Enrollment Priority.--Section 1705(a)(3) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and veterans'' and inserting 
        ``veterans''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, and veterans whose eligibility for 
        care and services under this chapter is based solely on the 
        award of the Purple Heart'' before the period at the end.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1722(a) of such title is 
amended by striking ``section 1710(a)(2)(G)'' and inserting ``section 
1710(a)(2)(H)''.
    (2) Section 5317(c)(3) of such title is amended by striking 
``subsections (a)(2)(G),'' and inserting ``subsections (a)(2)(H),''.
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