[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 177 (Friday, November 18, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7874]
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REVISING THE FEDERAL CHARTER FOR THE BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1541 and that 
we now proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1541) to revise the Federal charter for the Blue 
     Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in 
     eligibility requirements for membership.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time 
and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to this 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1541) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1541

       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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