United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3746 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, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 12, 2019 Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned 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 pur- poses of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Cadet 4 Nurse Corps Equity Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3746.IH H3746 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3746 IH SEC. 2. SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY SERV- 1 ICE. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 3 401(a)(1)(A) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38 4 U.S.C. 106 note), the Secretary of Defense is deemed to 5 have determined that qualified service of a person con- 6 stituted active military service. 7 (b) DETERMINATION OF DISCHARGE STATUS.—The 8 Secretary of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge 9 under section 401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement 10 Act of 1977 to each person whose qualified service war- 11 rants an honorable discharge. Such discharge shall be 12 issued before the end of the one-year period beginning on 13 the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RETROACTIVE BENEFITS. 15 No benefits may be paid to any person as a result 16 of the enactment of this Act for any period before the date 17 of the enactment of this Act. 18 SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 19 In this Act, the term ‘‘qualified service’’ means serv- 20 ice of a person as a member of the organization known 21 as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during the period 22 beginning on July 1, 1943, and ending on December 31, 23 1948. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:20 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3746.IH H3746 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS