,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #b1     
#bjbb,ms4 ,warren 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,wyden1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 and ,ms4 ,rosen7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to designate ,gold ,star         
,families ,day as a legal public        
holiday1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,gold ,star ,families ,day ,act4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,the term ,gold ,star   
family-- 7,a7 refers to the immediate   
family of a servicemember who dies-- 7i7
 while serving in the ,armed ,forces2 or
  7ii7 from a service-connected injury  
or illness2 and  7,b7 originated from   
the service flags first flown by        
families during ,world ,war ,i4  7#b7   
,the flags described in paragraph       
7#a77;,b7 included a blue star for each 

immediate family member serving in the  
,armed ,forces during any period of war 
or hostilities in which the ,armed      
,forces were engaged4 ,if a loved one   
represented by such a blue star died1   
the blue star was replaced by a gold    
star1 which allowed members of the      
community to know the price that the    
family had paid in the cause of         
defending freedom4  7#c7 ,there are     
,gold ,star families from ,world ,war ,i
 and many thousands from ,world ,war    
,,ii1 the ,korean ,war1 the ,vietnam    
,war1 and ,operations ,desert ,shield1  
,desert ,storm1 ,iraqi ,freedom1 and    
,enduring ,freedom4  7#d7 ,the ,united  
,states recognizes the sacrifice that   
all ,gold ,star family members make when
 a father1 mother1 brother1 sister1 son1
 daughter1 or other loved one dies in   
service to the ,united ,states4  #c4    
,gold ,star ,families ,day as a legal   
public holiday ,section #fajc7;a7 of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended by inserting after the item     

relating to ,labor ,day the following3  
,gold ,star ,families ,day1 the last    
,monday in ,september4  4