[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2270 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2270

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
   of a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II 
          veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2009

 Mr. Buyer (for himself, Mr. Walz, and Ms. Herseth Sandlin) 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 for the establishment 
   of a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War II 
          veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service.

    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 ``Benefits for Qualified World War II 
Veterans Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR QUALIFIED WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

    (a) Establishment of Compensation Fund.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation Fund
    ``(a) Compensation Fund.--(1) There is in the general fund of the 
Treasury a fund to be known as the `Qualified World War II Veterans 
Equity Compensation Fund' (in this section referred to as the 
`compensation fund').
    ``(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such 
purpose, amounts in the compensation fund shall be available to the 
Secretary without fiscal year limitation to make payments to eligible 
individuals in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Eligible Individuals.--(1) An eligible individual is an 
individual who--
            ``(A) during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of the Benefits for Qualified World War II Veterans 
        Act of 2009, submits to the Secretary an application containing 
        such information and assurances as the Secretary may require;
            ``(B) has not received benefits under the Servicemen's 
        Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 78-346); and
            ``(C) has engaged in qualified service.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a person has engaged in 
qualified service if the service of the person has been determined to 
have been active duty service pursuant to section 1401 of the GI Bill 
Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. 106 note).
    ``(c) Amount of Payments.--The Secretary shall make a monthly 
payment out of the compensation fund in the amount of $1,000 to an 
eligible individual. The Secretary shall make such payments to eligible 
individuals in the order in which the Secretary receives the 
applications of the eligible individuals.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the compensation fund such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this section.
    ``(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall remain 
available until expended.
    ``(e) Reports.--The Secretary shall include, in documents submitted 
to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President's budget for 
each fiscal year, detailed information on the operation of the 
compensation fund, including the number of applicants, the number of 
eligible individuals receiving benefits, the amounts paid out of the 
compensation fund, the administration of the compensation fund, and an 
estimate of the amounts necessary to fully fund the compensation fund 
for that fiscal year and each of the three subsequent fiscal years.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 
carry out this section.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe the regulations 
required under section 532(f) of title 38, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a).
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item related to section 
531 the following new item:

``532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.''.
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