[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2711 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2711

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that retired members 
of the Armed Forces shall be eligible for priority health care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs on the same basis as former prisoners of 
                                  war.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2001

 Mr. Shows (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. McGovern, 
  Mr. Norwood, and Mr. Paul) 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 retired members 
of the Armed Forces shall be eligible for priority health care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs on the same basis as former prisoners of 
                                  war.

    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 ``Military Retiree Veterans Health 
Care Eligibility Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY CATEGORY FOR MILITARY RETIREES IN DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL SYSTEM.

    (a) Priority of Care.--(1) Section 1705(a)(3) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``who are'' and all that follows through 
        ``, veterans''; and
            (B) by striking ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)'' and inserting 
        ``subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)''.
    (2) Section 1710(a)(2)(D) of such title is amended by inserting 
after ``former prisoner of war'' the following: ``, who is entitled to 
retired or retainer pay (or would be entitled to retired pay under 
chapter 1223 of title 10 but for being under age 60),''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to hospital care and medical services provided by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on or after January 1, 2002.
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