Gold Star Children Act

Gold Star Children Act

This bill broadens the categories of individuals eligible for veterans' preference in the civil service.

Specifically, it makes children of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans eligible for veterans' preference treatment in the federal civil service.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3938 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3938

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that children of 
 certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be preference 
  eligible for purposes of appointments in the civil service, and for 
                             other purpose.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2019

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
       Bacon, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Steube, Mr. Baird, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Panetta, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that children of 
 certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be preference 
  eligible for purposes of appointments in the civil service, and for 
                             other purpose.

    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 Children Act''.

SEC. 2. PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE STATUS FOR CHILDREN OF CERTAIN PERMANENTLY 
              DISABLED OR DECEASED VETERANS.

    Section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) the child (including an adopted child, 
                recognized natural child, stepchild, or foster child) 
                of--
                            ``(i) an individual who lost his or her 
                        life under honorable conditions while serving 
                        in the armed forces during a period named by 
                        paragraph (1)(A); or
                            ``(ii) a service-connected permanently and 
                        totally disabled veteran;''.
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