S. 1541

A bill to revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

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One Hundred Twelfth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven

S. 1541

AN ACT

To revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for membership.

1.

Modification of membership terms

Section 30504 of title 36, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1)—

(A)

by striking the text preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting she is a mother (meaning a woman who filled the role of birthmother, adoptive mother, step-mother, foster-mother, grandmother, or legal guardian) of a person who—; and

(B)

in subparagraph (B), by striking in World War II or the Korean hostilities; and

(2)

in paragraph (2), by inserting or is a citizen of the United States living outside the United States before the period at the end.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate