Title: Gold Star Families Benefits Protection Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Gold Star Families Benefits Protection Act
This bill authorizes specified individuals to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities (e.g., exchange stores) on the same basis as an active duty service member. Specifically, the bill authorizes an adult individual who (1) is the surviving child of a service member, and (2) who has received a Gold Star Lapel Button or Next of Kin Deceased Personnel Lapel Button.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3492 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3492

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, 
welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel 
                                button.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2021

 Mr. Espaillat (for himself and Ms. Salazar) 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 certain morale, 
welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel 
                                button.

    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 ``Gold Star Families Benefits 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION PRIVILEGES 
              TO CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF THE GOLD STAR LAPEL BUTTON OR 
              NEXT OF KIN DECEASED PERSONNEL LAPEL BUTTON.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1067. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain 
              recipients of the gold star lapel button or next of kin 
              deceased personnel lapel button
    ``(a) Eligibility.--A covered individual shall be permitted to use 
commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as a 
member of the armed forces on active duty.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered individual' means an adult 
        individual who--
                    ``(A) is the surviving child of a member; and
                    ``(B) who has received a gold star lapel button 
                under section 1126 of this title or a next of kin 
                deceased personnel lapel button.
            ``(2) The term `MWR retail facilities' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 1063 of this title.''.
    (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:

``1067. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain recipients 
                            of the gold star lapel button or next of 
                            kin deceased personnel lapel button.''.
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