SSB 5112 -
By Committee on Appropriations
ADOPTED 04/05/2005
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 41.04.005 and 2002 c 292 s 1 and 2002 c 27 s 1 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) As used in RCW 41.04.005, 41.16.220, 41.20.050, 41.40.170, and
28B.15.380 "veteran" includes every person, who at the time he or she
seeks the benefits of RCW 41.04.005, 41.16.220, 41.20.050, 41.40.170,
or 28B.15.380 has received an honorable discharge or received a
discharge for physical reasons with an honorable record and who meets
at least one of the following criteria:
(a) The person has served between World War I and World War II or
during any period of war, as defined in subsection (2) of this section,
as either:
(i) A member in any branch of the armed forces of the United
States;
(ii) A member of the women's air forces service pilots;
(iii) A U.S. documented merchant mariner with service aboard an
oceangoing vessel operated by the war shipping administration, the
office of defense transportation, or their agents, from December 7,
1941, through December 31, 1946; or
(iv) A civil service crewmember with service aboard a U.S. army
transport service or U.S. naval transportation service vessel in
oceangoing service from December 7, 1941, through December 31, 1946; or
(b) The person has received the armed forces expeditionary medal,
or marine corps and navy expeditionary medal, for opposed action on
foreign soil, for service:
(i) In any branch of the armed forces of the United States; or
(ii) As a member of the women's air forces service pilots.
(2) A "period of war" includes:
(a) World War I;
(b) World War II;
(c) The Korean conflict;
(d) The Vietnam era(([, which])), which means:
(i) The period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May 7,
1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam
during that period;
(ii) The period beginning August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7,
1975;
(e) The Persian Gulf War, which was the period beginning August 2,
1990, and ending on the date prescribed by presidential proclamation or
law;
(f) The period beginning on the date of any future declaration of
war by the congress and ending on the date prescribed by presidential
proclamation or concurrent resolution of the congress; and
(g) The following armed conflicts, if the participant was awarded
the respective campaign badge or medal: The crisis in Lebanon; the
invasion of Grenada; Panama, Operation Just Cause; Somalia, Operation
Restore Hope; Haiti, Operation Uphold Democracy; and Bosnia, Operation
Joint Endeavor; southern or central Asia, Operation Enduring Freedom;
Persian Gulf, Operation Iraqi Freedom."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Eliminates provisions authorizing higher education institutions to exempt veterans of the Afghanistan conflict, or veterans who served in the second Persian Gulf combat zone from tuition and fees. Changes qualification as a veteran from those that served in the combat zone, to those who received the respective campaign badge or medal in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.