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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 

of a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War 

II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2009 

Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. WALZ, and Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 

establishment of a compensation fund to make payments 

to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Benefits for Qualified 

5 World War II Veterans Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR QUALIFIED WORLD WAR II VET2 ERANS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION FUND.— 

4 Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Com7 pensation Fund 

8 ‘‘(a) COMPENSATION FUND.—(1) There is in the gen9 eral fund of the Treasury a fund to be known as the 

10 ‘Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation 

11 Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘compensation 

12 fund’). 

13 ‘‘(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for 

14 such purpose, amounts in the compensation fund shall be 

15 available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation to 

16 make payments to eligible individuals in accordance with 

17 this section. 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—(1) An eligible indi19 vidual is an individual who— 

20 ‘‘(A) during the 1-year period beginning on the 

21 date of the enactment of the Benefits for Qualified 

22 World War II Veterans Act of 2009, submits to the 

23 Secretary an application containing such information 

24 and assurances as the Secretary may require; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has not received benefits under the Serv2 icemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 

3 78–346); and 

4 ‘‘(C) has engaged in qualified service. 

5 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a person has en6 gaged in qualified service if the service of the person has 

7 been determined to have been active duty service pursuant 

8 to section 1401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 

9 (38 U.S.C. 106 note). 

10 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

11 make a monthly payment out of the compensation fund 

12 in the amount of $1,000 to an eligible individual. The Sec13 retary shall make such payments to eligible individuals in 

14 the order in which the Secretary receives the applications 

15 of the eligible individuals. 

16 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the compensa18 tion fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

19 section. 

20 ‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section 

21 shall remain available until expended. 

22 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall include, in docu23 ments submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support 

24 of the President’s budget for each fiscal year, detailed in25 formation on the operation of the compensation fund, inVerDate Nov 24 2008 02:10 May 08, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2270.IH H2270

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1 cluding the number of applicants, the number of eligible 

2 individuals receiving benefits, the amounts paid out of the 

3 compensation fund, the administration of the compensa4 tion fund, and an estimate of the amounts necessary to 

5 fully fund the compensation fund for that fiscal year and 

6 each of the three subsequent fiscal years. 

7 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

8 regulations to carry out this section.’’. 

9 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

11 prescribe the regulations required under section 532(f) of 

12 title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

15 after the item related to section 531 the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.’’. 

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