[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1204

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible 
  for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 31, 2025

   Ms. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. 
   Kaine, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Smith, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Hickenlooper) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible 
  for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gold Star and Surviving Spouse 
Career Services Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES FOR SERVICES UNDER THE DISABLED 
              VETERANS' OUTREACH PROGRAM.

    Section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``and eligible persons'' 
                        after ``eligible veterans''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, 
                        and eligible persons,'' after ``Other eligible 
                        veterans'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and eligible 
                persons'' after ``veterans'' each place it appears; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or eligible person'' 
                        after ``veteran'' each place it appears; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or eligible person's'' 
                        after ``veteran's'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and eligible persons'' after 
                ``eligible veterans'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``non-veteran-related''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Eligible Person Defined.--In this section, the term `eligible 
person' means--
            ``(1) any spouse described in section 4101(5) of this 
        title; or
            ``(2) the spouse of any person who died while a member of 
        the Armed Forces.''.
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