A bill to provide for the discharge of members of the armed forces from active military service by reason of physical disability when suffering from drug dependency, to authorize the civil commitment of such members concurrent with their discharge, to provide for retroactive honorable discharges in certain cases.

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Provides for the discharge of members of the Armed Forces from active military service where any such individual is determined to have a physical disability resulting from drug dependency as determined by a physician of the Armed Force concerned. Requires the Secretary of the particular Armed Force to file a petition with a United States attorney requesting that such member be admitted to a hospital of the Public Health Service for treatment of his drug dependence. Provides that the Secretaries of the Armed Forces shall grant an honorable discharge to any member of the Armed Forces who was previously dishonorably discharged because of drug dependency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1222)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 January 1973

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