[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4041. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Peters) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 
proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title II of division B, add the following:


          certain service deemed to be active military service

       Sec. 251.  (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 an individual 
     constituted active military service.
       (b) Determination of Discharge Status.--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. Such discharge shall be issued before the end of 
     the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (c) Prohibition of Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may 
     be paid to any individual as a result of the enactment of 
     this section for any period before the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
       (d) Qualified Service Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``qualified service'' means service of an individual 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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