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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2648 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain individuals who |
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| 6 | 6 | | served in Vietnam as a member of the Armed Forces of the Republic |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Korea as a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States for |
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| 8 | 8 | | purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans |
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| 9 | 9 | | Affairs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JULY27, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. B |
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| 13 | 13 | | RAUN(for himself and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 14 | 14 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain |
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| 17 | 17 | | individuals who served in Vietnam as a member of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea as a veteran |
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| 19 | 19 | | of the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes |
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| 20 | 20 | | of the provision of health care by the Department of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Veterans Affairs. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korean American Viet-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | nam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act’’ or the ‘‘Korean 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | American VALOR Act’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 2648 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 109 of title 38, United States Code, is 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | amended by adding at the end the following new sub-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | section: 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(d)(1) Any person described in paragraph (2) is eli-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | gible for the benefits specified in subsection (a) to the 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | same extent and under the same conditions (including 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | with respect to applicable reciprocity requirements) as a 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | discharged member of the Armed Forces of a government 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | specified in such subsection who is eligible for such bene-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | fits under such subsection. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | whom the Secretary determines served in Vietnam as a 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | member of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | at any time during the period beginning on January 9, 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, or such other period 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | as determined appropriate by the Secretary for purposes 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of this subsection.’’. 20 |
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