United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
- Last Action
- 3/23/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- 2017-03-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
- 2017-02-16Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948 (qualified service).
The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one.
Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.
Cosponsors (18)
- Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Jared Polis (D-CO)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Rod Blum (R-IA)
- RICHARD NEAL (D-MA)
Subjects
- Health personnel
- Military medicine
- Nursing
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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