,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,hanabusa introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 the ,army to determine the validity of 
the claims of certain ,filipinos that   
they performed military service on      
behalf of the ,united ,states during    
,world ,war ,,ii4  #a4 ,determinations  
by the ,secretary of the ,army  7a7 ,in 
general ,upon the written application of
 any person who is a national of the    
,philippine ,islands1 the ,secretary of 
the ,army shall determine whether such  
person performed any military service in
 the ,philippine ,islands in aid of the 

,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states   
during ,world ,war ,,ii which qualifies 
such person to receive any military1    
veterans'1 or other benefits under the  
laws of the ,united ,states4  7b7       
,information ,to be considered ,in      
making a determination for the purpose  
of subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall 
consider all information and evidence   
7relating to service referred to in     
subsection 7a77 that is available to the
 ,secretary1 including information and  
evidence submitted by the applicant1 if 
any4  #b4 ,certificate of service  7a7  
,issuance of certificate of service ,the
 ,secretary of the ,army shall issue a  
certificate of service to each person   
determined by the ,secretary to have    
performed military service described in 
section #a7;a74  7b7 ,effect of         
certificate of service ,a certificate of
 service issued to any person under     
subsection 7a7 shall1 for the purpose of
 any law of the ,united ,states1        
conclusively establish the period1      

nature1 and character of the military   
service described in the certificate4   
#c4 ,applications by survivors ,an      
application submitted by a surviving    
spouse1 child1 or parent of a deceased  
person described in section #a7;a7 shall
 be treated as an application submitted 
by such person4  #d4 ,limitation period 
,the ,secretary of the ,army may not    
consider for the purpose of this ,act   
any application received by the         
,secretary more than two years after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4    
#e4 ,prospective application of         
determinations by the ,secretary of the 
,army ,no benefits shall accrue to any  
person for any period before the date of
 the enactment of this ,act as a result 
of the enactment of this ,act4  #f4     
,regulations ,the ,secretary of the     
,army shall prescribe regulations to    
carry out sections #a1 #c1 and #d4  #g4 
,responsibilities of the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs ,any entitlement of a
 person to receive veterans' benefits by

 reason of this ,act shall be           
administered by the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs pursuant to          
regulations prescribed by the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs4  #h4 ,definition
 ,in this ,act1 the term ,world ,war    
,,ii means the period beginning on      
,december #g1 #aida1 and ending on      
,december #ca1 #aidf4