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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1215 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 551

Sec. 551. Expansion of Gold Star Lapel Button eligibility to stepbrothers and stepsisters

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Section 1126 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b), by striking and next of kin and inserting , next of kin, stepbrother, and stepsister ; in subsection (c), by striking may be replaced and all that follows before the period at the end and inserting may be replaced upon application and without cost ; and in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: The terms stepbrother and stepsister shall be defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (b). .
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