[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7003 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7003

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination and 
 acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, 
injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the 
                          uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2008

    Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
   Gonzalez, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
     Johnson of Texas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Reyes, and Ms. 
 Schakowsky) 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 prohibit discrimination and 
 acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, 
injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the 
                          uniformed services.

    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 ``Wounded Veteran Job Security Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WHO RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR 
              ILLNESSES, INJURIES, AND DISABILITIES INCURRED IN OR 
              AGGRAVATED BY SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND ACTS 
              OF REPRISAL PROHIBITED.

    (a) Prohibition of Discrimination and Acts of Reprisal.--Section 
4311 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``uniformed service'' the 
                following: ``, or who has an illness, injury, or 
                disability determined by the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs to have been incurred in or aggravated by such 
                service,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or obligation'' and inserting 
                ``obligation, or receipt of treatment for that illness, 
                injury, or disability''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``or obligation for service'' the 
                first time it appears and inserting ``obligation for 
                service, or receipt of treatment for an illness, 
                injury, or disability incurred in or aggravated by 
                service'' and
                    (B) by striking ``or obligation for service'' the 
                second time it appears and inserting ``obligation for 
                service, or receipt of treatment''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to treatment received on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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