A bill to amend section 109 of title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II.

Summary

Provides that any person who: (1) served during World War I as a member of the military organization commonly known as General Joseph Haller's army and fought against an enemy of the United States; or (2) served during World War II as a member of any armed force of the Government of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, or Yugoslavia, and participated while so serving in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States; and (3) has been a citizen of the United States for at least 10 years, shall, by virtue of such service, be entitled to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services within the United States to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States unless such person is entitled to, or would, upon application therefor, be entitled to, payment for equivalent care and services under a program established by the foreign government concerned for persons who served in its armed forces in World War I or in World War II. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 109)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 July 1975

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