[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 173 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S15843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Daschle):
  S. 1948. A bill to provide that service of the members of the 
organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World 
War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1948

       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 ``United States Cadet Nurse 
     Corps Equity Act of 2003''.

     SEC. 2. SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--For purposes of section 401(a)(1)(A) of 
     the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38 U.S.C. 106 note), the 
     Secretary of Defense is deemed to have determined that 
     qualified service of a person constituted active military 
     service.
       (b) Determination of Discharge Status.--(1) The Secretary 
     of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge under section 
     401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to each 
     person whose qualified service warrants an honorable 
     discharge.
       (2) Such discharge shall be issued before the end of the 
     one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.

        No benefits may be paid to any person as a result of the 
     enactment of this Act for any period before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

       For purposes of this Act, the term ``qualified service'' 
     means service of a person as a member of the organization 
     known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during the 
     period beginning on July 1, 1943, and ending on December 15, 
     1945.
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