36-U.S.C.-30504

§30504 – Membership

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Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 305 > Section 30504

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• Reference: Section 30504
• Legend: §30504 – Membership
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

An individual is eligible for membership in the corporation if—

(1) she is a mother (meaning a woman who filled the role of birthmother, adoptive mother, step-mother, foster-mother, grandmother, or legal guardian) of a person who—

(A) is serving in the Armed Forces; or

(B) has served in, or has been honorably discharged from, the Armed Forces; and

(2) she is living in the United States or is a citizen of the United States living outside the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1320; Pub. L. 112–65, §1, Dec. 13, 2011, 125 Stat. 767.)

In clause (1), before subclause (A), the words (who has given a mothers 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 mothers care to the stepchild from the age of thirteen or under) for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Amendments

2011—Par. (1). Pub. L. 112–65, §1(1)(A), substituted she is a mother (meaning a woman who filled the role of birthmother, adoptive mother, step-mother, foster-mother, grandmother, or legal guardian) of a person who— for she is a mother, adoptive mother, or stepmother (who has given a mothers care at least since the stepchild was age 13) of a son or daughter who— in introductory provisions.

Par. (1)(B). Pub. L. 112–65, §1(1)(B), struck out in World War II or the Korean hostilities after Armed Forces.

Par. (2). Pub. L. 112–65, §1(2), inserted or is a citizen of the United States living outside the United States before period at end.

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