,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cifc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,dold introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to extend military       
commissary and exchange store privileges
 to certain veterans who have been      
awarded the ,purple ,heart and to their 
dependents4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,purple ,heart     
,heroes ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,commissary 
and exchange store privileges for       
certain veterans who have been awarded  
the ,purple ,heart and their dependents 
7a7 ,extension of privileges ,chapter   
#ed of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new section3  #ajfe4 ,use of  
commissary and ,,mwr retail facilities3 
certain veterans who have been awarded  
the ,purple ,heart and their dependents 
7a7 ,certain ,purple ,heart ,recipients 

,a veteran who has a disability that is 
compensable under the laws administered 
by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs 
and that is attributable to an injury   
for which the veteran was awarded the   
,purple ,heart shall be permitted to use
 commissary stores and ,,mwr retail     
facilities on the same basis as a member
 of the armed forces entitled to retired
 or retainer pay4  7b7 ,dependents ,a   
dependent of a veteran described in     
subsection 7a7 shall be permitted to use
 commissary and ,,mwr retail facilities 
on the same basis as a dependent of a   
member of the armed forces entitled to  
retired or retainer pay4  7c7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term ,,mwr retail facilities has the   
meaning given that term in section      
#ajfc7;e7 of this title4  7#b7 ,the term
 veteran has the meaning given that term
 in section #aja of title #ch4  4  7b7  
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of chapter #ed
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is

 amended by adding at the end the       
following new item3  #ajfe4 ,use of     
commissary and ,,mwr retail facilities3 
certain veterans who have been awarded  
the ,purple ,heart and their dependents4
  4  7c7 ,effective date ,section #ajfe 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as 
added by subsection 7a71 shall take     
effect at the end of the #ij-;day period
 beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this ,act4