Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program for the placement in offices of Members of the House of Representatives of children, spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have died from a training-related injury.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 82 Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Program for the place- ment in offices of Members of the House of Representatives of children, spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have died from a training-related injury. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 28, 2019 Mr. KELLY of Mississippi submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Establishing the Congressional Gold Star Fellowship Pro- gram for the placement in offices of Members of the House of Representatives of children, spouses, and sib- lings of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have died from a training-related in- jury. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD STAR FELLOWSHIP 2 PROGRAM. 3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 4 House of Representatives the Congressional Gold Star 5 Fellowship Program (hereafter in this resolution referred 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:59 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR82.IH HR82 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 82 IH to as the ‘‘Program’’) under which, under the direction 1 of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep- 2 resentatives, an eligible individual may serve a 12-month 3 fellowship in the office of a Member of the House of Rep- 4 resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis- 5 sioner to the Congress). 6 (b) EXCLUSION OF APPOINTEES FOR PURPOSES OF 7 LIMIT ON NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN MEMBER OF- 8 FICES.—Any individual serving a fellowship under the 9 Program in the office of a Member shall not be included 10 in the determination of the number of employees employed 11 by the Member under section 104(a) of the House of Rep- 12 resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 13 Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(a)). 14 (c) PLACEMENT IN MEMBER OFFICES IN DISTRICT 15 OF COLUMBIA OR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MEM- 16 BER.—An individual may serve a fellowship under the 17 Program at the Member’s office in the District of Colum- 18 bia or the Member’s office in the congressional district the 19 Member represents. 20 (d) ELIGIBILITY.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—An individual is eligible to 22 serve a fellowship under the Program if the indi- 23 vidual is the child (including a stepchild), spouse, or 24 sibling of a member of the Armed Forces who is a 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR82.IH HR82 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 82 IH hostile casualty or died from a training-related in- 1 jury. 2 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 3 terms ‘‘hostile casualty’’ and ‘‘training-related in- 4 jury’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec- 5 tion 2402(b) of title 38, United States Code. 6 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Program shall be carried 7 out in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 8 Committee on House Administration. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:59 Jan 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR82.IH HR82 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS