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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5264" measure-id="id117hr5264" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-09-14" update-date="2023-08-03">
        <title>To expand eligibility for certain burial benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5264v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-03">
            <action-date>2021-09-14</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p>This bill specifies that the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone or marker for the grave of a veteran who is buried in a private cemetery applies to any veteran who dies on or after December 30, 1960.<br> </p>
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