A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3812 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 21, 2020 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DAINES, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:16 Jun 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3812.IS S3812 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3812 IS SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL 1 CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING 2 HOME CARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 3 VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE VETERANS 4 OF WORLD WAR II. 5 Section 1710(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States 6 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of the Mexican border pe- 7 riod or of World War I;’’ and inserting ‘‘of— 8 ‘‘(i) the Mexican border period; 9 ‘‘(ii) World War I; or 10 ‘‘(iii) World War II;’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:16 Jun 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3812.IS S3812 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS