[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1602 Introduced in House (IH)]





105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1602

          To restore the grave marker allowance for veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 1997

Mr. Kanjorski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
          To restore the grave marker allowance for veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRAVE MARKER ALLOWANCE.

    Section 906 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under subsection 
(a)(2) or (b) of this section, the Secretary, in the Secretary's 
discretion, having due regard for the circumstances in each case, may 
reimburse the person entitled to request such headstone or marker for 
the cost of acquiring a non-Government headstone or marker for 
placement in any cemetery other than a national cemetery in connection 
with the burial or memorialization of the deceased individual. The cost 
referred to in the preceding sentence is the cost actually incurred by 
or on behalf of such person or the cost prepaid by the deceased 
individual as the case may be. Reimbursement under this subsection may 
be made only upon the request of the person entitled to request the 
headstone or marker and may not be made in an amount in excess of the 
average actual cost, as determined by the Secretary, of headstones and 
markers furnished under subsections (a) and (b) of this section.''.

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