Bill > HR154

Introduced Session

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II. This bill distributes a payment of $25,000 to U.S. merchant marines who engaged in qualified service during World War II. To be eligible, an individual must apply for the benefit and must not have received benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. The bill sets forth what constitutes qualified service, including time frame of service and licensing requirements.

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Al Green (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Mark Amodei (R),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Jim Costa (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Will Hurd (R),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Peter King (R),  James Langevin (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  John Rutherford (R),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (on 01/03/2019)

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