[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 3089 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3089

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the submission to 
 Congress and the public of the identity of any individual for whom a 
   waiver of the eligibility requirements for interment in Arlington 
         National Cemetery is granted, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1998

Mr. Nethercutt 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 provide for the submission to 
 Congress and the public of the identity of any individual for whom a 
   waiver of the eligibility requirements for interment in Arlington 
         National Cemetery is granted, 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. PUBLICATION OF IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM ELIGIBILITY 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMENT IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 
              ARE WAIVED.

    (a) In General.--Section 2402 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Under such regulations''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b)(1) In the case of an individual for whom the Secretary of the 
Army waives the eligibility requirements for interment of remains in 
Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army shall furnish 
the name of the individual to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and of the House of Representatives and shall publish the name 
of the individual in the Federal Register.
    ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary of 
the Army shall comply with the requirements under paragraph (1) before 
the interment of the remains of the individual in Arlington National 
Cemetery.
    ``(B) In the case where the Secretary of the Army determines that 
it is not practicable to comply with such requirements before such 
interment, the Secretary of the Army shall comply with the requirements 
not later than 5 days after the waiver has been granted.
    ``(3) Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of the 
Army shall provide the name of any person who, during the preceding 
year, requests a waiver of such requirements to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.
    ``(4) At the time a person requests the Secretary of the Army to 
waive such requirements, the Secretary of the Army shall provide notice 
to the person of the reporting requirements under this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 2404(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to 
individuals dying or requesting a waiver of the eligibility 
requirements for interment of remains in Arlington National Cemetery on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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