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HR 6412 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Retail and wholesale trades

To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel button.

Introduced: May 1, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 27, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows an individual who received a gold star lapel button (signifying that the individual is a family member of a service member who died in combat) to use military commissary stores and morale, welfare, and recreation retail facilities.

What's happening now March 27, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jun 8, 2020
Gonzalez, Anthony
· Jun 8, 2020
CHABOT, STEVE
· May 1, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · May 1, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· May 1, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Mar 27, 2020
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Mar 27, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6412: To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel button.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6412/
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"H.R. 6412: To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel button.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6412/.
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H.R. 6412, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6412/.
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[H.R. 6412: To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to recipients of the gold star lapel button.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6412/)
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