12 2 STA T .7 1 9PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 207 — AP R . 3 0 , 200 8LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 1 11 9: HO U SE RE P ORTS: No .11 0–428(C o m m.o ntheJudic i ary) . CONGRESSIONAL RECOR D
Vo l .1 53 (200 7 ): No v . 6, con s idered and p assed House. Vol. 154 (2008): Apr. 14, considered and passed Senate. PublicLaw1 1 0–2 0 7 110 thCongres s A n Act To amend title 36, United States Code, to revise the con g ressional charter o f the M ilitary Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incor - porated, to authori z e associate mem b ership in the corporation for the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal. Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ Purpl e H eart F amily Eq uity Act of20 0 7’ ’ . SEC. 2 . A SSOCIATE M EM B ERSHI P IN THE MILITAR Y OR D ERO F THE P U RPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , INCORPORATED. S ectio n14 0 5 0 3( b ) of title 3 6,U nited States C ode, is amended by stri k in g ‘‘parents and lineal descendants’’ and inserting ‘‘the parents, spouse, siblings, and lineal descendants’’. Appro v ed April 30, 200 8 . PurpleH e a r tF a mi l yEq uity Ac t of20 0 7.36USC1 01 n ote. Apr. 30 , 200 8[ H. R . 111 9]
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