119 hr 39
Original Honoring Our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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"constitutionalAuthorityStatementText": "<pre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]\n[House]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href=\"https://www.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov</a>]\nBy Mr. GREEN of Texas:\nH.R. 39.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\nNecessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)\nThe single subject of this legislation is:\nTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the\nSecretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant\nMariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to\ncertain individuals who served in the United States merchant\nmarine (including the Army Transport Service\n[Page H36]\n</pre>"
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