The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2023
HR 366 Signed into law

Sponsored by Mark Takano (D)

Korean American VALOR Act

Extends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical and dental care to certain South Korean veterans who served in Vietnam.

Tradeoff

Gives certain South Korean veterans who served in Vietnam the same VA medical and dental benefits as other eligible foreign veterans. Benefits depend on South Korea requesting them and agreeing to repay the VA's costs.

What's in it

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H.R. 366, Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/59124 · May 2023

Passed the House by on May 22, 2023. Passed the Senate by on October 19, 2023. Signed into law on November 13, 2023.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 13, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Jan 13, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Apr 28, 2023)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-64.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 22, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(May 30, 2023)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Oct 19, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

    Discharged(Oct 19, 2023)

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Nov 7, 2023)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Nov 13, 2023)