,i  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #eaab  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,july #ae1 #bjad ,mr4 
,bi%op ( ,georgia introduc$ ! foll[+    
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on   
,vet]ans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
provide eligibility = vet]ans b5efits = 
individuals :o s]v$ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates   
m]*ant m>9e 9 ! ,s\!a/ ,asia !at] (     
op]ations dur+ ! ,vietnam ,era4  #a4    
,vet]ans b5efits = m]*ant m>9]s :o s]v$ 
dur+ ! ,vietnam ,era 9 ! ,s\!a/ ,asia   
!at] ( op]ations  7a7 ,eligibility =    
vet]ans b5efits ,not)/&+ any o!r        
provision ( law1 ! s]vice ( an eligible 
individual describ$ 9 subsection 7b77#a7
 %all be consid]$ to be active duty 9   
det]m9+ ! individual's eligibility =    
vet]ans b5efits "u all laws adm9i/]$ by 
! ,secret>y ( ,vet]ans ,affairs4  7b7   
,eligible individual ,9 ?is ,act1 ! t]m 
eligible individual means an individual 
9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates m]*ant m>9e :o--  7#a7
 s]v$ z a crewmemb] ( a vessel t 0 9    
oceango+ s]vice dur+ ! ,vietnam ,era 9 !

 ,s\!a/ ,asia !at] ( op]ations2 &  7#b7 
receives a c]tificate ( honorable       
dis*>ge "u subsection 7c74  7c7         
,docum5tation ( s]vice  7#a7 ,c]tificate
 ( honorable dis*>ge ,! ,secret>y (     
,def5se %all1 ^u application1 issue a   
c]tificate ( honorable dis*>ge to an    
individual 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates m]*ant m>9e
 :o s]v$ z a crewmemb] ( a vessel t 0 9 
oceango+ s]vice dur+ ! ,vietnam ,era 9 !
 ,s\!a/ ,asia !at] ( op]ations :o1 z    
det]m9$ by ! ,secret>y1 engag$ 9 s]vice 
( a nature & duration t w>rants issuance
 ( ! c]tificate4  7#b7 ,/&>ds relat+ to 
s]vice ,9 c>ry+ out p>agraph 7#a71 !    
,secret>y %all apply ! same /&>ds relat+
 to ! nature & duration ( s]vice t apply
 to ! issuance ( honorable dis*>ges "u  
section #dja7;a77#a77;,b7 ( ! ,,gi ,bill
 ,improvem5t ,act ( #aigg 7#ch ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajf note74  7d7 ,def9itions ,9 ?is    
,act1 ! foll[+ def9itions apply3  7#a7  
,individual 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates m]*ant    
m>9e ,! t]m individual 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 m]*ant m>9e means any citiz5 or resid5t

 ali5 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates s]v+ z a        
civilian or civil s]vice memb] ( !      
,unit$ ,/ates m]*ant m>9e4  7#b7        
,vietnam ,era ,! t]m ,vietnam ,era      
means--  7,a7 ! p]iod beg9n+ on ,febru>y
 #bh1 #aifa1 & end+ on ,may #g1 #aige1 9
 ! case ( an individual 9 ! ,unit$      
,/ates m]*ant m>9e :o s]v$ 9 ! ,republic
 ( ,vietnam dur+ t p]iod2 &  7,b7 !     
p]iod beg9n+ on ,augu/ #e1 #aifd1 & end+
 on ,may #g1 #aige1 9 all o!r cases4    
#b4 ,retroactive applicability ,section 
#a %all apply to an individual eligible 
= vet]ans b5efits "u subsection 7a7 (   
su* section z if su* section _h be5 9   
effect z ( ! la/ date ( ! individual's  
s]vice describ$ 9 subsection 7b77#a7 (  
su* section4