To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

Honors as a veteran any person entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or, but for age, would be so entitled.

Provides that such person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3787 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3787

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
Reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered 
                 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2009

    Mr. Walz (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. Adler of New Jersey, Mr. 
    Bilbray, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Brown of South 
   Carolina, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
 Gonzalez, Mr. Hall of New York, Mrs. Halvorson, Mr. Hare, Ms. Herseth 
   Sandlin, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Massa, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. 
  Oberstar, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
Rodriguez, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Teague) 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 deem certain service in the 
Reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered 
                 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN SERVICE PERFORMED IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS DEEMED 
              ACTIVE SERVICE.

    Section 106 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Any person who has not otherwise performed qualifying active 
duty service shall be deemed to have been on active duty for purposes 
of all laws administered by the Secretary if the person is entitled 
under chapter 1223 of title 10 to retired pay for nonregular service 
or, but for age, would be entitled under such chapter to retired pay 
for nonregular service.''.
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