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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2573
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of a
monthly stipend to the surviving parents (known as ``Gold Star
parents'') of members of the Armed Forces who die during a period of
war.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2004
Mrs. Clinton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of a
monthly stipend to the surviving parents (known as ``Gold Star
parents'') of members of the Armed Forces who die during a period of
war.
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 Parents Annuity Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL PENSION FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS.
(a) In General.--(1) Chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:
``SUBCHAPTER V--SPECIAL PENSION FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS
``Sec. 1571. Gold Star parents
``(a) The Secretary shall pay monthly to each person who has
received a Gold Star lapel button under section 1126 of title 10 as a
parent of a person who died in a manner described in subsection (a) of
that section a special pension in an amount determined under subsection
(b).
``(b) The amount of special pension payable under this section with
respect to the death of any person shall be $125 per month. In any case
in which there is more than one parent eligible for special pension
under this section with respect to the death of a person, the Secretary
shall divide the payment equally among those eligible parents.
``(c) The receipt of special pension under this section shall not
deprive any person of any other pension or other benefit, right, or
privilege to which such person is or may hereafter be entitled under
any existing or subsequent law. Special pension under this section
shall be paid in addition to all other payments under laws of the
United States.
``(d) Special pension under this section shall not be subject to
any attachment, execution, levy, tax lien, or detention under any
process whatever.
``(e) For purposes of this section, the term `parent' has the
meaning provided in section 1126(d)(2) of title 10.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``subchapter v--special pension for gold star parents
``1571. Gold Star parents.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Section 1571 of title 38, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2004.
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