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

This bill allows an individual who received a gold star lapel button (signifying that the individual is a family member of a service member who died in combat) to use military commissary stores and morale, welfare, and recreation retail facilities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6412 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6412

   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

                             March 27, 2020

    Ms. Mucarsel-Powell (for herself, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Rutherford) 
 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. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION 
              PRIVILEGES TO RECIPIENTS OF THE GOLD STAR 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. 1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: recipients of 
              the gold star lapel button
    ``(a) Eligibility of Recipients of the Gold Star Lapel Button.--An 
individual who received a gold star lapel button under section 1126 of 
this title 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) MWR Retail Facilities Defined.--In this section, 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:

``1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: recipients of the 
                            gold star lapel button.''.
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