United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
Latest action · Jul 15, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
This bill provides that service as a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948, constitutes active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes.
The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose service warrants such discharge.
Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 8, 2019 |
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 Jul 12, 2019 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2019 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jul 15, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jul 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 117, July 12, 2019, page H5775.
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 for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) 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.
- Jul 12, 2019Introduced 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.
