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        <title>Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[For further action, see H.R.1627, which became Public Law 112-154 on 8/6/2012.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Prohibits: (1) more than one gravesite from being provided at Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington) to a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for burial there and family members also eligible for burial there, and (2) a gravesite from being reserved at Arlington before an individual's death. Provides an exception under (2) above, in the case of a request submitted to the Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962.</p> <p>Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on reservations made for interment at Arlington.</p>]]></text>
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