[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3419 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3419

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, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2016

  Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
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, and for other purposes.

    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 of 
2016''.

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 such Act (20 U.S.C. 2142) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Immediate Family Member Defined.--For purposes of subsection 
(a), the term `immediate family member' means a parent, spouse, 
sibling, or child.''.
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