SERV Act

To amend titles 5 and 38, United States Code, to clarify the veteran status of an individual based on the attendance of the individual at a preparatory school of a service academy, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act SERV Act 2. Clarification of veteran status (a) Clarification of definition of military service Section 101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (21)(D), by inserting after Naval Academy (but, except for purposes of chapter 17 of this title in accordance with section 107(e)(2), does not include any service performed by a student at a preparatory school of a service academy who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces) (2) in paragraph (22), by inserting before the period at the end the following: or, except for purposes of chapter 17 of this title in accordance with section 107(e)(2), duty performed by a student at a preparatory school of a service academy who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces (3) in paragraph (23), by adding after the period at the end the following: Except for purposes of chapter 17 of this title in accordance with section 107(e)(2), such term does not include duty performed by a student at a preparatory school of a service academy who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces. (b) Service deemed not To be active service Section 107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), duty performed by a student at a preparatory school of a service academy who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces shall not be deemed to have been active military, naval, or air service for the purposes of any of the laws administered by the Secretary, regardless of whether the student was injured or disabled as a result of such duty. (2) Chapter 17 of this title shall apply to an individual described in paragraph (1) with respect to furnishing hospital care and medical services solely for an injury or disability incurred by the individual as a result of military training related to future active duty service performed as a student during the course of required training at a preparatory school of a service academy. An individual who receives such care and services under this paragraph may not be treated as a veteran for the purposes of any other provision of law solely by reason of receiving such care and services under this paragraph. . (c) Small business concerns Section 8127(l) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The term veteran . (d) Preference eligible Section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ; and (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) an individual whose veteran status is based solely on the attendance of the individual as a student at a preparatory school of a service academy, regardless of whether the individual was injured or disabled as a result of duty performed as such a student, may not be treated as a veteran disabled veteran preference eligible .

Summary: Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act or the SERV Act Excludes from the definitions of "active duty," "active duty for training," and "inactive duty training," for veteran benefit or employment preference purposes, any service performed at a preparatory school of a service academy by a student who is not otherwise a member of the Armed Forces.