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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2815 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 213
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2815

                          [Report No. 112-314]

  To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, 
 Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 9, 2011

 Mr. Tipton (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Towns, Mr. Upton, Mr. Bachus, 
 Mr. Calvert, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. McGovern, 
 Mr. Reyes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Grijalva, 
   Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mrs. Bachmann, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Connolly of 
    Virginia, Mr. Polis, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. West, and Ms. 
  Bordallo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                            December 5, 2011

 Additional sponsors: Mrs. Capps, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Coble, Mr. Graves of 
Missouri, Mr. Roskam, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Zoe Lofgren 
   of California, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Ms. 
   Norton, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Daniel E. 
    Lungren of California, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Ms. Granger, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Hall, Ms. Chu, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
   Young of Florida, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
Deutch, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Rothman 
   of New Jersey, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
 Rivera, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Dold, Mrs. Black, Mr. Luetkemeyer, 
                    Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Schilling

                            December 5, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL

 
  To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, 
 Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

 

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN 
              BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.

    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 birth mother, adoptive mother, 
                stepmother, 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 United States 
        citizen living outside the United States'' before the period at 
        the end.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 213

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2815

                          [Report No. 112-314]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, 
 Inc., to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 5, 2011

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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