Korean American VALOR Act

Bill: 116-hr-5590
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2020-01-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia

Citizenship and naturalization

Conflicts and wars

South Korea

Veterans' medical care

Vietnam
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or the Korean American VALOR Act</b></p> <p>This bill entitles certain veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill entitles those veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or during a time period determined by the VA, and became U.S. citizens after such service.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5590 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2020 Mr. Cisneros (for himself, Ms. DelBene , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Kim , Ms. Meng , Mr. Pascrell , and Ms. Judy Chu of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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.

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 . 2. Provision of health care benefits for certain 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) shall be entitled to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services within the United States under chapter 17 of this title to the same extent as if the service described in such paragraph had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States. (2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whom the Secretary determines meets the following criteria: (A) The person 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. (B) The person became a citizen of the United States on or after the date on which such service in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea ended. .