[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1990 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1990

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the range of criminal 
         offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the range of criminal 
         offenses resulting in forfeiture of veterans benefits.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Cemetery Sanctity Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES RESULTING IN FORFEITURE OF 
              VETERANS BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6105(b) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``32, 37, 81, 175,'' before 
                ``792,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``831, 842(m), 842(n), 844(e), 
                844(f), 844(i), 930(c), 956, 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 
                1363, 1366, 1751, 1992, 2152, 2280, 2281, 2332, 2332a, 
                2332b, 2332c, 2339A, 2339B, 2340A,'' after ``798,'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking out ``and 226'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``226, and 236'';
                    (B) by striking out ``and 2276'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``2276, and 2284''; and
                    (C) by striking out ``and'' at the end;
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph (4):
            ``(4) sections 46502 and 60123(b) of title 49; and''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The second sentence of section 
6105(c) of such title is amended by striking out ``or (4)'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``(4), or (5)''.
    (2) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6105. Forfeiture: subversive activities; terrorist activities; 
              other criminal activities''.
    (3) The item relating to section 6105 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 61 of that title is amended to read as 
follows:

``6105. Forfeiture: subversive activities; terrorist activities; other 
                            criminal activities.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made to section 6105 of title 
38, United States Code, by subsection (a) shall apply to any person 
convicted under a provision of law added to such section by such 
amendments after December 31, 1996.
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