Korean American VALOR Act

Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security, Asia, Conflicts and wars, Health care coverage and access, Hospital care, South Korea, Veterans' medical care, Vietnam

Summary:  <p><b>Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or the Korean American VALOR Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for specified Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits (e.g., medical and dental care) to certain veterans of the armed forces of South Korea who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or during a time period determined by the VA.</p> <p>The bill authorizes the VA to furnish such benefits under an existing law, which requires (1) a request by South Korea, and (2) a reciprocity agreement that provides for reimbursement of expenses incurred by the VA for the provision of care. </p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 366 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 366

To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain individuals who 
 served in Vietnam as a member of the armed forces of the Republic of 
    Korea as a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2023

     Mr. Takano (for himself, Mrs. Kim of California, Ms. Dean of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Watson 
Coleman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Meng, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, and 
   Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat certain individuals who 
 served in Vietnam as a member of the armed forces of the Republic of 
    Korea as a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States for 
purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Korean American Vietnam Allies Long 
Overdue for Relief Act'' or the ``Korean American VALOR Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CERTAIN BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED IN THE 
              ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

    Section 109 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Any person described in paragraph (2) is eligible for the 
benefits specified in subsection (a) to the same extent and under the 
same conditions (including with respect to applicable reciprocity 
requirements) as a discharged member of the armed forces of a 
government specified in such subsection who is eligible for such 
benefits under such subsection.
    ``(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whom the 
Secretary determines served in Vietnam as a member of the armed forces 
of the Republic of Korea at any time during the period beginning on 
January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, or such other period as 
determined appropriate by the Secretary for purposes of this 
subsection.''.
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