Title: Purple Heart Heroes Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Purple Heart Heroes Act of 2017
This bill permits Purple Heart veterans and their dependents to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay and their dependents.
A "Purple Heart veteran" is a veteran who has a disability that is: (1) attributable to an injury for which the veteran was awarded the Purple Heart, and (2) compensable under the laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
An "MWR retail facility" means an exchange store or other revenue-generating facility operated by nonappropriated fund activities of the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the Armed Forces.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2704 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2704

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary 
and exchange store privileges to certain veterans who have been awarded 
               the Purple Heart and to their dependents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

 Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Walz, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. 
Sinema, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Kind, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, and 
  Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary 
and exchange store privileges to certain veterans who have been awarded 
               the Purple Heart and to their dependents.

    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 ``Purple Heart Heroes Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 
              WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND THEIR 
              DEPENDENTS.

    (a) Extension of Privileges.--Chapter 54 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1065. Use of commissary and MWR retail facilities: Purple Heart 
              veterans and their dependents
    ``(a) Eligibility of Purple Heart Veterans.--A Purple Heart veteran 
shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities 
on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired 
or retainer pay.
    ``(b) Eligibility of Dependents.--A dependent of a Purple Heart 
veteran shall be permitted to use commissary and MWR retail facilities 
on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces 
entitled to retired or retainer pay.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `MWR retail facilities' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 1063(e) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `Purple Heart veteran' means a veteran who 
        has a disability that--
                    ``(A) is attributable to an injury for which the 
                veteran was awarded the Purple Heart; and
                    ``(B) is compensable under the laws administered by 
                the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
            ``(3) The term `veteran' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 101 of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1065. Use of commissary and MWR retail facilities: Purple Heart 
                            veterans and their dependents.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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