[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[H.R. 4511 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4511

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow the collection 
  of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate 
 family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of 
                  their service during a period of war.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Gold Star Families Voices Act''.
SEC. 2. COLLECTION OF VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS OF BIOGRAPHICAL 
HISTORIES BY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR SERVICE DURING A PERIOD OF WAR.
    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 3(a) of the Veterans' 
Oral History Project Act (20 U.S.C. 2142(a)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows:
        ``(1) to collect video and audio recordings of--
            ``(A) personal histories and testimonials of veterans of 
        the Armed Forces who served during a period of war; and
            ``(B) biographical histories by immediate family members of 
        members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or 
        died as a result of their service during a period of war;''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of the Veterans' Oral History 
Project Act (20 U.S.C. 2142) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Definition of Immediate Family Member.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), the term `immediate family member' means a parent, 
spouse, sibling, or child.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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