,i  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #bfch  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbc ,mr4
 ,gim5ez 7= himself1 ,ms4 ,salaz>1 &    
,ms4 ,malliotakis7 introduc$ ! foll[+   
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on   
,vet]ans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
direct ! ,secret>y ( ,vet]ans ,affairs  
to treat c]ta9 individuals :o p>ticipat$
 9 ! invasion ( ! ,bay ( ,pigs1 ,cuba1 9
 ,april1 #aifa1 z vet]ans = ! purposes (
 eligibility = b5efits "u laws adm9i/]$ 
by ! ,secret>y4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is   
,act may be cit$ z ! ,cuban-,am]ican    
,unrecogniz$ ,brav]y ,act ( #bjbc or !  
,,cuba ,act ( #bjbc4  #b4 ,f9d+s        
,congress f9ds ! foll[+3  7#a7 ,on      
,april #af1 #aifa1 ,cubans :o _h be5    
tra9$ & equipp$ by ! ,unit$ ,/ates l&$ 9
 ! ,bay ( ,pigs1 ,cuba1 ) ! mission to  
topple ! ,ca/ro regime & free ,cuba f   
communi/ tyranny4  7#b7 ,lack ( adequate
 support1 & poor plann+ & execution ( ! 
invasion l$ to ! dea?s ( sev]al hundr$  
memb]s ( ! invasion =ce & subsequ5t     

capture & imprisonm5t ( ! survivors4    
7#c7 ,_m ( ^! survivors fac$ h>%        
conditions accompani$ by torture &      
?reats ( execution :ile !y wait$ = _!   
release4  7#d7 ,aft] #bj mon?s (        
negotiations = _! release1 ,presid5t    
,john ,f4 ,k5n$y welcom$ back ! la/     
survivors 9 ,miami1 ,florida1 ^u _!     
return to ! ,unit$ ,/ates on ,decemb]   
#bi1 #aifb4  7#e7 ,_m survivors became  
productive ,unit$ ,/ates citiz5s &      
contribut$ greatly to _! new home t gave
 !m back ! fre$om !y lo/ 9 ,cuba4  7#f7 
,curr5tly1 x is e/imat$ t !re are       
approximately #cjj survivors /ill liv+ f
 ! ,bay ( ,pigs invasion4 ,^! survivors 
/ill /ruggle ) ! emotional effects ( !  
invasion1 along ) f9ancial h>d%ips &    
heal?c>e *all5ges4  7#g7 ,^! survivors  
f\ght on behalf ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates 9 a   
cause ( fre$om 9 ! face ( global        
communi/ tyranny4 ,!y 7 tra9$ & s5t to  
,cuba by ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,gov]nm5t yet d
 n receive ! b5efits ( vet]ans t !y     
des]ve & to :i* !y ought to be entitl$4 

7#h7 ,grant+ ^! survivors eligibility = 
b5efits "u ! laws adm9i/]$ by !         
,secret>y ( ,vet]ans ,affairs w\ld help 
!m & _! families ) f9ancial & heal?c>e  
burd5s1 all[ = !m to receive a milit>y  
fun]al1 & aid 9 heal+ ! l+]+            
psy*ological w\nds left f ! ,bay ( ,pigs
 invasion #fb ye>s ago4  #c4 ,expansion 
( eligibility = vet]ans b5efits to c]ta9
 individuals :o s]v$ 9 ,bay ( ,pigs1    
,cuba1 9 ,april1 #aifa  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,= 
! purposes ( det]m9+ eligibility =      
b5efits "u ! laws adm9i/]$ by !         
,secret>y ( ,vet]ans ,affairs1 !        
,secret>y %all treat a cov]$ individual 
z a vet]an4  7b7 ,applicability date    
,beg9n+ on ! date t is #ij days aft] !  
date ( ! enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 a cov]$   
individual may file a claim = a b5efit  
describ$ 9 subsection 7a71 & ! ,secret>y
 %all consid] & make a det]m9ation      
reg>d+ su* claim1 )\t reg>d to any "t   
limit applicable to su* fil+ or claim4  
7c7 ,cov]$ individual def9$ ,9 ?is      
section1 ! t]m cov]$ individual means an

 individual :om ! ,secret>y det]m9es--  
7#a7 0 a memb] ( ! milit>y gr\p t invad$
 ! ,bay ( ,pigs1 ,cuba1 9 ,april1 #aifa2
  7#b7 is a citiz5 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 & 
7#c7 is n 9 receipt ( ! b5efit = :i* !  
cov]$ individual appli$4