SECTION 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”.
Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Provision of Certain Benefits to 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) is eligible for the benefits specified in subsection (a) to the same extent and under the same conditions (including with respect to applicable reciprocity requirements) as a discharged member of the armed forces of a government specified in such subsection who is eligible for such benefits under such subsection.
“(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whom the Secretary determines 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.”