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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 Ari-
zona, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. BACHMANN, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, 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 Arkan-
sas, 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. LUJA´N, 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 require-
ments for membership. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE-
MENTS 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 subpara-
graph (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. 
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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 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:24 Dec 05, 2011
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