Sec. 621. Expansions of installation benefits to surviving spouses, dependent children, and other next of kin
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Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1126 the following new section: The Secretary concerned shall provide for the issuance of a standardized Gold Star Installation Access Card to the widow and dependent children of a deceased member of the armed forces described in section 1126(a) of this title to facilitate their ability to gain unescorted access to military installations for the purpose of attending memorial events, visiting gravesites, and obtaining the on-installation services and benefits to which they are entitled or eligible.
At the discretion of the Secretary concerned, the Secretary concerned may provide the Gold Star Installation Access Card to the parents and other next of kin of a deceased member of the armed forces described in section 1126(a) of this title. The Secretaries concerned shall work together to ensure that a Gold Star Installation Access Card issued by one armed force is accepted for access to military installations under the jurisdiction of another armed force. In developing, issuing, and accepting the Gold Star Installation Access Card, the Secretary concerned may take such measures as the Secretary concerned considers necessary— to prevent fraud in the procurement or use of the Gold Star Installation Access Card; to limit installation access to those areas of the installation that provide the services and benefits for which the recipient of the Gold Star Installation Access Card is entitled or eligible; and to ensure that the availability and use of the Gold Star Installation Access Card does not adversely affect military installation security.
The Gold Star Installation Access Card for the widow and dependent children of a deceased member of the armed forces shall remain valid for the life of the widow or child, regardless of subsequent marital status of the widow, subject to periodic renewal as determined by the Secretary concerned to ensure military installation security. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1126 the following new item: 1126a.
Gold Star Installation Access Card: issuance and protections. . Section 1126(d) of title 10, United States Code is amended by striking the matter preceding paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: In this section and section 1126a of this title: . Section 1062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking The Secretary of Defense and inserting the following: The Secretary of Defense ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the armed forces, regardless of the marital status of the surviving spouse, who has guardianship of dependent children of the deceased member is entitled to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as the unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the uniformed services. . Section 1062 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended— by striking commissary and exchange privileges and inserting use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The term MWR retail facilities has the meaning given that term in section 1063(e) of this title. . The heading of section 1062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1062 and inserting the following new item: 1062. Certain former spouses and surviving spouses. .