[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1669 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1669

  To authorize the reburial in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington 
National Cemetery of two unknown Americans who lost their lives during 
the Civil War, one while serving in the Union Army of the United States 
 and the other while serving in the Army of the Confederate States of 
                    America, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the reburial in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington 
National Cemetery of two unknown Americans who lost their lives during 
the Civil War, one while serving in the Union Army of the United States 
 and the other while serving in the Army of the Confederate States of 
                    America, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REBURIAL OF UNKNOWN SOLDIERS FROM CIVIL WAR IN THE MEMORIAL 
              AMPHITHEATER OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

    The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to cause to be 
brought from a National Cemetery for burial in the Memorial 
Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, the 
remains of--
            (1) an American who was a member of the Union Army of the 
        United States, who served in the Civil War of 1861 through 1865 
        who lost his life during the Civil War, and whose identity has 
        not been established; and
            (2) an American who was a member of the Army of the 
        Confederate States of America, who served in the Civil War of 
        1861 through 1865 who lost his life during the Civil War, and 
        whose identity has not been established.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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