[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 3838 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3838

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
  States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive 
special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger eligible 
       for membership in the organization, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES 
              CHARTER.

    (a) Eligibility for Membership of Individuals Receiving Special Pay 
for Duty Subject to Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger.--Section 230103 of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
        (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
    inserting ``; or''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) in an area which entitled the individual to receive 
    special pay for duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger 
    under section 310 of title 37.''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION.

    Section 230102 of such title is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting ``charitable,'' before ``and educational,''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.