Public Law 118 - 20 - Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act" or the "Korean American VALOR Act

[118th Congress Public Law 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 118-20
118th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Nov. 13, 2023 -  [H.R. 366]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Korean American 
Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 38 USC 101 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Korean American Vietnam Allies Long 
Overdue for Relief Act'' or the ``Korean American VALOR Act''.
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) <<NOTE: Determination. Time period.>>  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.''.

    Approved November 13, 2023.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 366:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-64 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 169 (2023):
            May 22, considered and passed House.
            Oct. 19, considered and passed Senate.

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