Gold Star Families Voices Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3419
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Gold Star Families Voices Act</strong> <strong>of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to require the veterans oral history program to include the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or who died as a result of their wartime service.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3419 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28, 2016 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To amend the Veterans’ Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gold Star Families Voices Act of 2016 . 2. Collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war (a) In General Paragraph (1) of section 3(a) of the Veterans’ Oral History Project Act ( 20 U.S.C. 2142(a)(1) ) is amended to read as follows: (1) to collect video and audio recordings of— (A) personal histories and testimonials of veterans of the Armed Forces who served during a period of war; and (B) biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or died as a result of their service during a period of war; . (b) Conforming Amendment Section 3 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 2142 ) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Immediate family member defined For purposes of subsection (a), the term immediate family member means a parent, spouse, sibling, or child. .