S.Amdt. 1512

SA 1512. Mr. HELLER (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES
DURING WORLD WAR II.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and such military
historians as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate,
shall establish a process 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.--The process established under subsection (a)
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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