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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6371 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 

a monthly stipend to the surviving parents (known as ‘‘Gold Star parents’’) of members of the Armed Forces who die during a period of 

war. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Mr. NYE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 

payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents 

(known as ‘‘Gold Star parents’’) of members of the 

Armed Forces who die during a period of war. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star Parents An5 nuity Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SPECIAL PENSION FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS. 

7 (a) SPECIAL PENSION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 15 of title 38, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following new subchapter: 

4 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—SPECIAL PENSION FOR GOLD 

5 STAR PARENTS 

6 ‘‘§ 1571. Gold Star parents 

7 ‘‘(a) MONTHLY PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay 

8 monthly to each person who has received a gold star lapel 

9 button under section 1126 of title 10 as a parent of a 

10 person who died in a manner described in subsection (a) 

11 of that section a special pension in an amount determined 

12 under subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of special pension pay14 able under this section with respect to the death of any 

15 person shall be $125 per month. In any case in which 

16 there is more than one parent eligible for special pension 

17 under this section with respect to the death of a person, 

18 the Secretary shall divide the payment equally among 

19 those eligible parents. 

20 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The receipt 

21 of special pension under this section shall not deprive any 

22 person of any other pension or other benefit, right, or 

23 privilege to which such person is or may hereafter be enti24 tled under any existing or subsequent law. Special pension 


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1 under this section shall be paid in addition to all other 

2 payments under laws of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF SPECIAL PENSION.—Special 

4 pension under this section shall not be subject to any at5 tachment, execution, levy, tax lien, or detention under any 

6 process whatsoever. 

7 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION OF PARENT.—For purposes of this 

8 section, the term ‘parent’ has the meaning provided in sec9 tion 1126(d)(2) of title 10.’’. 

10 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—SPECIAL PENSION FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS

‘‘1571. Gold Star parents.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1571 of title 38, 

15 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 

16 shall take effect on October 1, 2011, and apply with 

17 respect to deaths occurring on or after that date. 

18 (2) RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS.—Not later than 

19 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pay to any 

21 person who is entitled to a pension under that sec22 tion by reason of the death of an individual during 

23 the period beginning October 1, 2011, and ending on 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, an amount 


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1 equal to the total amount of pension to which that 

2 person is entitled under that section for that period. 

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