35.1 - DEFINITIONS.
35.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter and chapters 35A through 35D:
1. "Department" means the Iowa department of veterans affairs
created in section 35A.4.
2. a. "Veteran" means a resident of this state who served in
the armed forces of the United States at any time during the
following dates and who was discharged under honorable conditions:
(1) World War I from April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918.
(2) Occupation of Germany from November 12, 1918, through July
11, 1923.
(3) American expeditionary forces in Siberia from November 12,
1918, through April 30, 1920.
(4) Second Haitian suppression of insurrections from 1919 through
1920.
(5) Second Nicaragua campaign with marines or navy in Nicaragua
or on combatant ships from 1926 through 1933.
(6) Yangtze service with navy and marines in Shanghai or in the
Yangtze valley from 1926 through 1927 and 1930 through 1932.
(7) China service with navy and marines from 1937 through 1939.
(8) World War II from December 7, 1941, through December 31,
1946.
(9) Korean Conflict from June 25, 1950, through January 31, 1955.
(10) Vietnam Conflict from February 28, 1961, through May 7,
1975.
(11) Lebanon or Grenada service from August 24, 1982, through
July 31, 1984.
(12) Panama service from December 20, 1989, through January 31,
1990.
(13) Persian Gulf Conflict from August 2, 1990, through the date
the president or the Congress of the United States declares a
cessation of hostilities. However, if the United States Congress
enacts a date different from August 2, 1990, as the beginning of the
Persian Gulf Conflict for purposes of determining whether a veteran
is entitled to receive military benefits as a veteran of the Persian
Gulf Conflict, that date shall be substituted for August 2, 1990.
b. "Veteran" includes the following persons:
(1) Former members of the reserve forces of the United States who
served at least twenty years in the reserve forces and who were
discharged under honorable conditions. However, a member of the
reserve forces of the United States who completed a minimum aggregate
of ninety days of active federal service, other than training, and
was discharged under honorable conditions, or was retired under Title
X of the United States Code shall be included as a veteran.
(2) Former members of the Iowa national guard who served at least
twenty years in the Iowa national guard and who were discharged under
honorable conditions. However, a member of the Iowa national guard
who was activated for federal duty, other than training, for a
minimum aggregate of ninety days, and was discharged under honorable
conditions or was retired under Title X of the United States Code
shall be included as a veteran.
(3) Former members of the active, oceangoing merchant marines who
served during World War II at any time between December 7, 1941, and
December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive, who were discharged under
honorable conditions.
(4) Former members of the women's air force service pilots and
other persons who have been conferred veterans status based on their
civilian duties during World War II in accordance with federal Pub.
L. No. 95-202, 38 U.S.C. § 106.
(5) Former members of the armed forces of the United States if
any portion of their term of enlistment would have occurred within
the time period specified in paragraph "a", subparagraph (9), but
who instead opted to serve five years in the reserve forces of the
United States, as allowed by federal law, and who were discharged
under honorable conditions.
(6) Members of the reserve forces of the United States who have
served at least twenty years in the reserve forces and who continue
to serve in the reserve forces.
(7) Members of the Iowa national guard who have served at least
twenty years in the Iowa national guard and who continue to serve in
the Iowa national guard. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 180, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 142, §4, 11; 2005 Acts, ch 115,
§2--4, 40
Referred to in §8A.413, 35.2, 35.8, 35A.13, 35B.3, 35B.13, 35B.14,
35B.16, 35C.1, 37.10, 282.6, 331.608, 400.10, 426A.11, 426A.12,
426A.13, 523I.304 Footnotes
For future amendment to subsection 2 effective July 1, 2010, see
2009 Acts, ch 164, §1, 6, 7