H.R. 366 (ENR) - Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 366 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.366

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-three


                                 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,
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''.
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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.