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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1204 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible |
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| 6 | 6 | | for services under the disabled veterans’ outreach program, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | ASSAN(for herself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. KELLY, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | K |
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| 13 | 13 | | AINE, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | H |
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| 15 | 15 | | ICKENLOOPER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
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| 16 | 16 | | referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain |
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| 19 | 19 | | spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans’ |
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| 20 | 20 | | outreach program, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gold Star and Sur-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | viving Spouse Career Services Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1204 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES FOR SERVICES UNDER 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | THE DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PRO-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | GRAM. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (i) in the matter preceding subpara-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and eligible per-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | sons’’ after ‘‘eligible veterans’’; and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘, and eligible persons,’’ after ‘‘Other eligi-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ble veterans’’; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and el-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | igible persons’’ after ‘‘veterans’’ each place it 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | appears; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) in paragraph (3)— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (i) by inserting ‘‘or eligible person’’ 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | after ‘‘veteran’’ each place it appears; and 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (ii) by inserting ‘‘or eligible person’s’’ 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | after ‘‘veteran’s’’; 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘and eligible persons’’ 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | after ‘‘eligible veterans’’ each place it appears; 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) by striking ‘‘non-veteran-related’’; and 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 1204 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | section: 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(e) E |
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| 61 | 61 | | LIGIBLEPERSONDEFINED.—In this section, 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the term ‘eligible person’ means— 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | this title; or 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(2) the spouse of any person who died while 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | a member of the Armed Forces.’’. 8 |
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