[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2815 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2815

  To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, 
 Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 9, 2011

 Mr. Tipton (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. Upton, Mr. Bachus, 
 Mr. Calvert, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. McGovern, 
 Mr. Reyes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Grijalva, 
   Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Bachmann, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Connolly of 
    Virginia, Mr. Polis, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. West, and Ms. 
  Bordallo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, 
 Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN 
              BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.

    Section 30504 of title 36, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking the text preceding subparagraph (A) 
                and inserting ``she is a mother (meaning a woman who 
                filled the role of birth mother, adoptive mother, 
                stepmother, foster-mother, grandmother, or legal 
                guardian) of a person who--''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``in World War 
                II or the Korean hostilities''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or is a United States 
        citizen living outside the United States'' before the period at 
        the end.
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