H.R. 3367 · 117th Congress

Gold Star Children Act

Introduced on May 20, 2021 by Van Taylor (R-TX-3). 26 cosponsors, 16 of them from another party. Latest action (May 25, 2021): Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 20, 2021
Cosponsors
26
16 from the other party
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that children of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be preference eligible for purposes of appointments in the civil service, and for other purpose.

Subjects

  • Disability and paralysis
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, May 20, 2021). Public domain.

Gold Star Children Act

This bill broadens the categories of individuals eligible for veterans' preference in the civil service.

Specifically, it makes children of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans eligible for veterans' preference treatment in the federal civil service.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Van TaylorR-TX-3Sponsor

Democrats · 16

Republicans · 10

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 20, 2021Introduced in House
  2. May 20, 2021Introduced in House
  3. May 20, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
  4. May 25, 2021 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. May 25, 2021 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.