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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 467
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 467 on page 2, by
3 replacing lines 7 through 16 with the following:
4 "Any member of the armed forces of the United States who
5 either (i) has served in such armed forces at least one year,
6 or (ii) has served in whose service with the armed forces of
7 the United States is for less than one year in a time of
8 hostilities in a foreign county but includes active military
9 duty, including service in the Persian Gulf War or in
10 military operations to aid Somalia, with the armed forces of
11 the United States, and who would be qualified for a grant
12 under this Section if he had been discharged from such
13 service shall be eligible to receive a Veteran Grant under
14 this Section."; and
15 on page 3, by replacing lines 1 through 14 with the
16 following:
17 "A grant authorized under this Section shall not be
18 awarded to veterans who received a discharge from the armed
19 forces of the United States under dishonorable conditions, or
20 to any veteran whose service with the armed forces was for
21 less than one year unless he received an honorable discharge
22 from such service for medical reasons directly connected with
23 such service, except for those veterans discharged prior to
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1 August 11, 1967 whose service may be for less than one year,
2 and except for those veterans (i) who serve in whose service
3 with the armed forces of the United States is for less than
4 one year in a time of hostilities in a foreign county but
5 includes active military duty, including service in the
6 Persian Gulf War or in military operations to aid Somalia,
7 with the armed forces of the United States, and (ii) who
8 receive an honorable discharge."; and
9 on page 4, by inserting below line 6 the following:
10 "As used in this Section, "time of hostilities in a
11 foreign county" means any action by the armed forces of the
12 United States that is recognized by the issuance of a
13 Presidential proclamation or a Presidential executive order
14 and in which the armed forces expeditionary medal or other
15 campaign service medals are awarded according to Presidential
16 executive order.".