IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 107 
Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for 
the placement in offices of Members of the House of Representatives 
of children, spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces 
who are hostile casualties or who have died from a training-related 
injury. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2019 
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship 
Program for the placement in offices of Members of 
the House of Representatives of children, spouses, and 
siblings of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile 
casualties or who have died from a training-related in-
jury. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SFC Sean Cooley and 
SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family 
Fellowship Program Act’’. 
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•HRES 107 IH 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD STAR FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
House of Representatives the Congressional Gold Star 
Family Fellowship Program (hereafter in this resolution 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) under which, under the di-
rection of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives, an eligible individual may serve a 12- 
month fellowship in the office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress). 
(b) EXCLUSION OF APPOINTEES FOR PURPOSES OF 
LIMIT
ON NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES
IN MEMBER OF-
FICES.—Any individual serving a fellowship under the 
Program in the office of a Member shall not be included 
in the determination of the number of employees employed 
by the Member under section 104(a) of the House of Rep-
resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(a)). 
(c) PLACEMENT IN MEMBER OFFICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MEM-
BER.—An individual may serve a fellowship under the 
Program at the Member’s office in the District of Colum-
bia or the Member’s office in the congressional district the 
Member represents. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY.— 
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•HRES 107 IH 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to 
serve a fellowship under the Program if the indi-
vidual is the child (including a stepchild), spouse, or 
sibling of a member of the Armed Forces who is a 
hostile casualty or died from a training-related in-
jury. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘hostile casualty’’ and ‘‘training-related in-
jury’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 2402(b) of title 38, United States Code. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Program shall be carried 
out in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
Committee on House Administration. 
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