[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 679 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 679

To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the 
 reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as 
                          veterans under law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2013

Mr. Walz (for himself, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Denham, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Latham, 
Mr. Matheson, and Mr. Rahall) 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 recognize the service in the 
 reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as 
                          veterans under law.

    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 ``Honor America's Guard-Reserve 
Retirees Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF STATUS UNDER LAW BY HONORING CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
              THE RESERVE COMPONENTS AS VETERANS.

    (a) Veteran Status.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, 
        is amended by inserting after section 107 the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 107A. Honoring as veterans certain persons who performed service 
              in the reserve components
    ``Any person who is entitled under chapter 1223 of title 10 to 
retired pay for nonregular service or, but for age, would be entitled 
under such chapter to retired pay for nonregular service shall be 
honored as a veteran but shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason 
of this section.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 107 the following new item:

``107A. Honoring as veterans certain persons who performed service in 
                            the reserve components.''.
    (b) Clarification Regarding Benefits.--No person may receive any 
benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs solely by reason of section 107A of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a).
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