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[CITE: 36USC30504]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
             CHAPTER 305--BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.
 
Sec. 30504. Membership

    An individual is eligible for membership in the corporation if--
        (1) she is a mother, adoptive mother, or stepmother (who has 
    given a mother's care at least since the stepchild was age 13) of a 
    son or daughter who--
            (A) is serving in the Armed Forces; or
            (B) has served in, or has been honorably discharged from, 
        the Armed Forces in World War II or the Korean hostilities; and

        (2) she is living in the United States.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1320.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30504.................................  36:945 (1st sentence).           July 1
4, 1960, Pub. L. 86-653, Sec.  5
                                                                          (1st 
sentence), 74 Stat. 516.
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    In clause (1), before subclause (A), the words ``(who has given a 
mother's care at least since the stepchild was age 13)'' are substituted 
for ``(a stepmother eligible for membership in the Blue Star Mothers of 
America, Inc., can claim that eligibility only if she has given a 
mother's care to the stepchild from the age of thirteen or under)'' for 
clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
