,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,cisneros 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,kim1 ,ms4 
,meng1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 and ,ms4 ,judy   
,chu of ,california7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 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    
,affairs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,korean ,american   
,vietnam ,allies ,long ,overdue for     
,relief ,act or the ,korean ,american   
,,valor ,act4  #b4 ,provision of health 
care benefits for certain individuals   
who served in the armed forces of the   
,republic of ,korea ,section #aji of    

title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7d7  7#a7    
,any person described in paragraph 7#b7 
shall be entitled to hospital and       
domiciliary care and medical services   
within the ,united ,states under chapter
 #ag of this title to the same extent as
 if the service described in such       
paragraph had been performed in the     
,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states4  
7#b7 ,a person described in this        
paragraph is a person whom the          
,secretary determines meets the         
following criteria3  7,a7 ,the person   
served in ,vietnam as a member of the   
armed forces of the ,republic of ,korea 
at any time during the period beginning 
on ,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on    
,may #g1 #aige1 or such other period as 
determined appropriate by the ,secretary
 for purposes of this subsection4  7,b7 
,the person became a citizen of the     
,united ,states on or after the date on 
which such service in the armed forces  

of the ,republic of ,korea ended4  4