S.Amdt. 4041

SA 4041. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Peters)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896
proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr.
Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division B, add the following:

certain service deemed to be active military service

Sec. 251.  (a) In General.--For purposes of section
401(a)(1)(A) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38
U.S.C. 106 note), the Secretary of Defense is deemed to have
determined that qualified service of an individual
constituted active military service.
(b) Determination of Discharge Status.--The Secretary of
Defense shall issue an honorable discharge under section
401(a)(1)(B) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to each
person whose qualified service warrants an honorable
discharge. Such discharge shall be issued before the end of
the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(c) Prohibition of Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may
be paid to any individual as a result of the enactment of
this section for any period before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) Qualified Service Defined.--In this section, the term
``qualified service'' means service of an individual as a
member of the organization known as the United States Cadet
Nurse Corps during the period beginning on July 1, 1943, and
ending on December 15, 1945.
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