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                                                 Union Calendar No. 229
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1384

                          [Report No. 114-302]

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

                             March 16, 2015

    Mr. Walz (for himself, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. 
    Bordallo, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
Courtney, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Denham, Mr. Emmer of Minnesota, Ms. Esty, Mr. 
Franks of Arizona, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
  California, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Peters, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Takai, Mr. 
   Takano, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Welch, Mr. MacArthur, Mr. Harper, and Mr. 
    Latta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                            October 21, 2015

Additional sponsors: Mr. Nugent, Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Zinke, 
  Mr. Hunter, Mr. Loebsack, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
   Ellison, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Cole, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
 Rooney of Florida, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Kline, Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Pocan, 
 Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Messer, 
   Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Love, Mr. 
Sanford, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. 
 Wittman, Mr. Dold, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Young 
  of Iowa, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Carney, Mr. 
  Guthrie, Mr. Jolly, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Vela, Mr. Clawson of 
Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Cook, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Engel, 
Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Young of Alaska, Ms. Frankel 
    of Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Barr, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Katko, Mr. 
 Farenthold, Ms. Granger, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
   Luetkemeyer, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
   Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. 
Kuster, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Murphy of Florida, 
 Mr. Conyers, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Renacci, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Rothfus, 
 Mr. McKinley, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Price of North 
Carolina, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Womack, Ms. Stefanik, 
   Mr. Rigell, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Hill, Mr. Kind, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
 Cummings, Mr. Himes, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. O'Rourke, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
 Higgins, Mr. Honda, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Mooney of West 
                       Virginia, and Mr. Shuster

                            October 21, 2015

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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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).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 229

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1384

                          [Report No. 114-302]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 21, 2015

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed