3.0.0 2088 2023-01-11T13:39:24Z 2023-01-11T13:39:24Z Senate S 2017-11-07 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-07T19:45:44Z Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 115 3897 HR 2017-11-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 115 5515 HR 2018-08-13 Became Public Law No: 115-232. Related bill CRS 2017-11-07 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-11-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-11-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-11-15 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-11-15 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-11-15 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-11-15 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-11-27 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-12-01 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-12-11 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-12-11 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-12-11 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2017-12-11 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-12-19 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-12-21 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-04-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cemeteries and funerals Department of Defense Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Monuments and memorials Retail and wholesale trades Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-22T15:08:17Z Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017

This bill directs the appropriate military department to issue a standardized Gold Star Installation Access Card to the widow and dependent children of a deceased member of the Armed Forces to allow them to gain unescorted access to military installations to attend memorial events, visit gravesites, and obtain on-installation services and benefits.

The Department of Defense shall prescribe regulations to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased member, regardless of martial status, who has guardianship of dependent children of the deceased member, is entitled to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as the unremarried spouse of a member of the uniformed services.

]]> Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 Display Title Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of the Gold Star Installation Access Card to the surviving spouse, dependent children, and other next of kin of a member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving on certain active or reserve duty, to ensure that a remarried surviving spouse with dependent children of the deceased member remains eligible for installation benefits to which the surviving spouse was previously eligible, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2088is/xml/BILLS-115s2088is.xml 2017-11-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.