S.Amdt. 2501
What it does: Adds SEC. ___. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II at the appropriate place in title X
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197
Adds SEC. ___. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II at the appropriate place in title X
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. ___. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and such military historians as the Secretary of Defense recommends, shall review the process used to determine whether a covered individual served as described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of title 38, United States Code, for purposes of determining whether such covered individual is eligible for benefits described in such subsections.
Inserted: (b) Covered Individuals.--For purposes of this section, a covered individual is any individual who--
Inserted: (1) claims service described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of title 38, United States Code; and
Inserted: (2) is not included in the Approved Revised Reconstructed Guerilla Roster of 1948, known as the "Missouri List".
Inserted: (c) Prohibition on Benefits for Disqualifying Conduct Under New Process.--If pursuant to the review conducted under subsection (a) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to establish a new process for determining whether a covered individual is eligible for benefits described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of such title, such process shall include a mechanism to ensure that a covered individual is not treated as an individual eligible for a benefit described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of such title if such covered individual engaged in any disqualifying conduct during service described in such subsections, including collaboration with the enemy or criminal conduct.
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Original wording
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 2501. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and such military historians as the Secretary of Defense recommends, shall review the process used to determine whether a covered individual served as described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of title 38, United States Code, for purposes of determining whether such covered individual is eligible for benefits described in such subsections.
(b) Covered Individuals.--For purposes of this section, a covered individual is any individual who--
(1) claims service described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of title 38, United States Code; and
(2) is not included in the Approved Revised Reconstructed Guerilla Roster of 1948, known as the “Missouri List”.
(c) Prohibition on Benefits for Disqualifying Conduct Under New Process.--If pursuant to the review conducted under subsection (a) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to establish a new process for determining whether a covered individual is eligible for benefits described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of such title, such process shall include a mechanism to ensure that a covered individual is not treated as an individual eligible for a benefit described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of such title if such covered individual engaged in any disqualifying conduct during service described in such subsections, including collaboration with the enemy or criminal conduct.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 21, 2013