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[S. 136 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.136

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that 
 fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be 
   included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for 
                     treatment in the civil service.

    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 Fathers Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE TREATMENT FOR FATHERS OF CERTAIN 
PERMANENTLY DISABLED OR DECEASED VETERANS.
    Section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraphs (F) and (G) and inserting the following:
            ``(F) the parent of an individual who lost his or her life 
        under honorable conditions while serving in the armed forces 
        during a period named by paragraph (1)(A) of this section, if--
                ``(i) the spouse of that parent is totally and 
            permanently disabled; or
                ``(ii) that parent, when preference is claimed, is 
            unmarried or, if married, legally separated from his or her 
            spouse;
            ``(G) the parent of a service-connected permanently and 
        totally disabled veteran, if--
                ``(i) the spouse of that parent is totally and 
            permanently disabled; or
                ``(ii) that parent, when preference is claimed, is 
            unmarried or, if married, legally separated from his or her 
            spouse; and''.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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