Medal of Honor Priority Care Act

Bill: 113-hr-4720
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2014-05-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' medical care

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Medal of Honor Priority Care Act - Increases, from third to first, the priority for enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system given to medal of honor recipients, regardless of the date on which the medal is awarded.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4720 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2014 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Connolly , and Mr. Tonko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the priority for enrollment of medal of honor recipients in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medal of Honor Priority Care Act . 2. Priority of medal of honor recipients in health care system of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: and veterans who were awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14. ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking veterans who were awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14, . (b) Application The priority of enrollment of medal of honor recipients pursuant to section 1705(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall apply to each such recipient, regardless of the date on which the medal is awarded.