[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1541

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2011

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Ms. Ayotte) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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 MEMBERSHIP TERMS.

    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 birthmother, adoptive mother, step-
                mother, 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 citizen of the 
        United States living outside the United States'' before the 
        period at the end.
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