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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5758
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2006
Mr. Foley (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Simmons, and Ms. Bordallo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal shall be provided eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on the same basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
World War II merchant mariners awarded the Mariners Medal to be provided priority for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on same basis as veterans awarded the Purple Heart
Health care priority
Sections 1705(a)(3) and 1710(a)(2)(D) of title 38,
United States Code, are amended by inserting or the Mariners
Medal
after the Purple Heart
.
Mariners Medal defined
Section 1701 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
The term Mariners Medal
means the medal authorized to be awarded pursuant to section 3 of the Act of
May 10, 1943, entitled An Act to provide for the issuance of devices in
recognition of the services of merchant sailors
(Public Law 52 of the
78th Congress), to any person, who while serving on any vessel in the American
merchant marine during the World War II period, was wounded, suffered physical
injury, or suffered through dangerous exposure as a result of an act of an
enemy of the United
States.
.