To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Considers as active duty service, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs, service of an individual in the U.S. merchant marine who: (1) served as a crewmember of a vessel that was in oceangoing service during the Vietnam Era in the Southeast Asia theater of operations; and (2) received a certificate of honorable discharge. Makes such eligibility retroactive as of the last date of such service.…