[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3384-S3385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1859. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Daines, 
Mr. Brown, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
McSally, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Jones, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Markey, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. 
Casey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 553. RECOGNITION AND HONORING OF SERVICE OF INDIVIDUALS 
                   WHO SERVED IN UNITED STATES CADET NURSE CORPS 
                   DURING WORLD WAR II.

       (a) Determination of Active Military Service.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall be deemed 
     to have determined under subparagraph (A) of section 
     401(a)(1) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public Law 
     95-202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) that the service of the 
     organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps 
     during the period beginning on July 1, 1943, and ending on 
     December 31, 1948, constitutes active military service.
       (2) Issuance of discharge.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, 
     pursuant to subparagraph (B) of such section, issue to each 
     member of such organization a discharge from service of such 
     organization under honorable conditions where the nature and 
     duration of the service of such member so warrants.
       (b) Benefits.--
       (1) Status as a veteran.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this subsection, an individual who receives a discharge under 
     subsection (a)(2) for service shall be honored as a veteran 
     but shall not be entitled by reason of such service to any 
     benefit under a law administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       (2) Burial benefits.--Service for which an individual 
     receives a discharge under subsection (a)(2) shall be 
     considered service in the active military, naval, or air 
     service (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States 
     Code) for purposes of eligibility and

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     entitlement to benefits under chapters 23 and 24 of title 38, 
     United States Code (other than section 2410 of that title).
       (3) Medals or other commendations.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may design and produce a service medal or other 
     commendation to honor individuals who receive a discharge 
     under subsection (a)(2).
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