US HB2248 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.
Title
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY] | Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ] | Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT] | Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL] |
| Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU] | Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH] | Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO] | Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN] |
| Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA] | Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT] | Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI] |
| Rep. William Keating [D-MA] | Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA] | Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA] | Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. |
| 2015-05-26 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| 2015-05-12 | House | Referred to House Armed Services |
| 2015-05-12 | House | Referred to House Veterans' Affairs |
| 2015-05-12 | House | 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. |
| 2015-05-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2767 (Related) 2016-04-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Health personnel
Military medicine
Nursing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2248/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2248/BILLS-114hr2248ih.pdf |
