United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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 31, 1948 (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 bill.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2017 to Dec 12, 2018; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 16, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 12, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2017 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2017 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2017 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Mar 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 16, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2017Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 28, February 16, 2017, page H1305.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that service of the members of the organization known as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active military service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
