A bill to provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2016
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 15, 1945 (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 Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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