[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 177 (Monday, December 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6759-S6760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GOLD STAR AND SURVIVING SPOUSE CAREER SERVICES ACT

  Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 3746 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3746) to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled 
     veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. STABENOW. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3746) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3746

       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 and Surviving 
     Spouse Career Services Act''.

     SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES FOR SERVICES UNDER THE 
                   DISABLED VETERANS' OUTREACH PROGRAM.

       Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible veterans''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, and eligible 
     persons,'' after ``Other eligible veterans'';

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       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and eligible persons'' 
     after ``veterans'' each place it appears; and
       (C) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by inserting ``or eligible person'' after ``veteran'' 
     each place it appears; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or eligible person's'' after 
     ``veteran's'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) by inserting ``and eligible persons'' after ``eligible 
     veterans'' each place it appears; and
       (B) by striking ``non-veteran-related''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Eligible Person Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `eligible person' means--
       ``(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this 
     title; or
       ``(2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of 
     the Armed Forces.''.

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