110 HR 1119 IH: Purple Heart Family Equity Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2007-02-16 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1119 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 16, 2007 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Tancredo, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Berman, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Hare, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Capuano, and Mr. Honda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 36, United States Code, to revise the congressional charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated, to authorize associate membership in the corporation for the spouse of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007.

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Associate membership in the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated

Section 140503(b) of title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking parents and lineal descendants and inserting the parents, spouse, and lineal descendants.