[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2576. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1066. 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 (Public Law 95-202; 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.--
       (1) In general.--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) Timing.--A discharge under paragraph (1) 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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