[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 841 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 841

To amend the Federal charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart 
    of the United States of America, Incorporated, to authorize the 
   corporation to extend eligibility for associate membership in the 
  corporation to the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple 
                                 Heart.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2007

   Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart 
    of the United States of America, Incorporated, to authorize the 
   corporation to extend eligibility for associate membership in the 
  corporation to the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple 
                                 Heart.

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

SECTION 1. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR 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 inserting ``the parents, spouse, siblings,''.
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