117 S3734 IS: Gold Star Families Day Act U.S. Senate 2022-03-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3734IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 2, 2022Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Gold Star Families Day as a legal public holiday, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Families Day Act.

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Findings

Congress finds the following:(1)The term Gold Star family—(A)refers to the immediate family of a servicemember who dies—(i)while serving in the Armed Forces; or(ii)from a service-connected injury or illness; and(B)originated from the service flags first flown by families during World War I.(2)The flags described in paragraph (1)(B) included a blue star for each immediate family member serving in the Armed Forces during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces were engaged. If a loved one represented by such a blue star died, the blue star was replaced by a gold star, which allowed members of the community to know the price that the family had paid in the cause of defending freedom.(3)There are Gold Star families from World War I and many thousands from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, and Enduring Freedom.(4)The United States recognizes the sacrifice that all Gold Star family members make when a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or other loved one dies in service to the United States.

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Gold Star Families Day as a legal public holiday

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to Labor Day the following:Gold Star Families Day, the last Monday in September..