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I have been reading that site (FAQ here: http://nafve.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=2) and if anyone else is confused about exactly what the bill says, the text is here: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-760
Seems like a fairly compromised bill but still a good one. It is not retroactive, and the people are quite old (70s-80s).
According to one republican group it would result in the cutting of benefits to other veterans and would result in a ‘windfall’ to the recipients who live outside the U.S. ( http://republicans.veterans.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1541 ):
But that ‘windfall’ view ignores the “non-retroactive benefits given to old people” aspect. Which is stupid, of course. And it also avoids the “they deserve it” argument.
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007′.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN SERVICE IN THE ORGANIZED MILITARY FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE SERVICE.
(a) In General- Section 107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended–
(1) in subsection (a)–
(A) by striking `not’ after `Army of the United States, shall’; and
(B) by striking `, except benefits under–‘ and all that follows in that subsection and inserting a period;
(2) in subsection (b)–
(A) by striking `not’ after `Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945 shall’; and
(B) by striking `except–‘ and all that follows in that subsection and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking subsections (c) and (d).
(b) Conforming Amendments- (1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:
`Sec. 107. Certain service deemed to be active service: service in organized military forces of the Philippines and in the Philippine Scouts’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended to read as follows:
`107. Certain service deemed to be active service: service in organized military forces of the Philippines and in the Philippine Scouts.’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) In General- The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Applicability- No benefits shall accrue to any person for any period before the effective date of this Act by reason of the amendments made by this Act.