,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjba,ms4 
,stefanik 7for herself and ,mr4 ,kim of 
,new ,jersey7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on          
,veterans' ,affairs1 and ,oversight and 
,reform1 for a period to be subsequently
 determined by the ,speaker1 in each    
case for consideration of such          
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to restore certain          
non-monetary ,federal benefits to       
surviving spouses1 eligible for the     
,gold ,star lapel button1 who remarried1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,gold ,star ,spouses ,non-,monetary     
,benefits ,act4  #b4 ,federal benefits  
for remarried surviving spouses eligible
 for the ,gold ,star lapel button  7a7  
,civil service  7#a7 ,preference        

eligible ,section #bajh7c77;,d7 of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking unmarried4  7#b7            
,noncompetitive appointment ,section    
#cccj;d7a77#c77;,b7 of such title is    
amended to read as follows3  7,b7 who   
was married to a member of the ,armed   
,forces on the date on which the member 
dies while on active duty in the ,armed 
,forces4  4  7b7 ,department of ,defense
  7#a7 ,commissary and exchange benefits
 ,section #ajfb of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7,a7 by     
inserting 7a7 ,unremarried former       
spouses4-- before ,the ,secretary2 and  
7,b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7b7 ,surviving spouses 
eligible for the gold star lapel buttion
 ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall      
prescribe such regulations as may be    
necessary to provide that a surviving   
spouse eligible for the gold star lapel 
button under section #aabf of this title
 is entitled to commissary and exchange 
privileges to the same extent and on the

 same basis as the surviving spouse of a
 retired member of the uniformed        
services4  4  7#b7 ,certain morale1     
welfare1 and recreation privileges  7,a7
 ,in general ,chapter #ed of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #ajff4 ,use of commissary     
stores and ,,mwr facilities3 surviving  
spouses eligible for the gold star lapel
 button  7a7 ,eligibility of surviving  
spouses eligible for the gold star lapel
 button ,a surviving spouse who is      
eligible for a gold star lapel button   
under section #aabf of this title shall 
be permitted to use commissary stores   
and ,,mwr retail facilities on the same 
basis as the dependent of a member of   
the armed forces on active duty4  7b7   
,,mwr retail facilities defined ,in this
 section1 the term ,,mwr retail         
facilities has the meaning given that   
term in section #ajfc of this title4  4 
7,b7 ,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  #ajff4 ,use of     
commissary stores and ,,mwr facilities3 
surviving spouses eligible for the gold 
star lapel button4  4  7#c7 ,eligibility
 for medical and dental care ,paragraph 
7#b7 of section #ajgb of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7,a7
 in subparagraph 7,h71 by striking 2 and
 and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in    
subparagraph 7,i77v71 by striking the   
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,j7 ,a    
surviving spouse who is eligible for a  
gold star lapel button under section    
#aabf of this title4  4  7#d7           
,entitlement to medical and dental care 
,section #ajgf7;a77#b7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,f7 ,a surviving spouse 
who is eligible for a gold star lapel   
button under section #aabf of this      

title4  4  7c7 ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs  7#a7 ,special marriage        
provisions ,section #ajc7;d77#b7 of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 ,the  
remarriage of the surviving spouse of a 
veteran shall not bar the furnishing of 
non-monetary benefits to such surviving 
spouse if such surviving spouse is      
eligible for a gold star lapel button   
under section #aabf of title #aj4  4    
7#b7 ,eligibility for housing and small 
business loans ,section #cgja7;b7 of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#h7 ,the term
 veteran also includes an individual who
 is-- 7,a7 the surviving spouse of a    
veteran2 and  7,b7 eligible for a gold  
star lapel button under section #aabf of
 title #aj4  4  7d7 ,effective date ,the
 amendments made by this section shall  
apply beginning on the first day of the 
first month beginning after the date of 

the enactment of this ,act4