[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4275. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. CERTAIN SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY 
                   SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF LAWS ADMINISTERED BY 
                   THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (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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