To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List, and for other purposes.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish a process for determining whether individuals who served in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines or in the Philippine Scouts while in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II and who are not included in the Missouri List are eligible for certain benefits relating to their U.S. service.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1855 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1855

To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine 
whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during 
World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
                 Missouri List, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2013

 Ms. Hanabusa (for herself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
  Moran, Ms. Norton, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. 
    Honda, Mr. Peters of California, and Mr. Takano) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
  Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine 
whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during 
World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
                 Missouri List, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD 
              WAR II.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and such military historians as the 
Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall establish a process 
to determine whether a covered individual served as described in 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 107 of title 38, United States Code, 
for purposes of determining whether such covered individual is eligible 
for benefits described in such subsections.
    (b) Covered Individuals.--For purposes of this section, a covered 
individual is any individual who--
            (1) claims service described in subsection (a) or (b) of 
        section 107 of title 38, United States Code; and
            (2) is not included in the Approved Revised Reconstructed 
        Guerilla Roster of 1948, known as the ``Missouri List''.
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