[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1476 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1476

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish additional 
                   national cemeteries for veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1999

Mr. Evans (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Costello, Ms. Danner, 
 Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
  Strickland, Mrs. Kelly, and Mr. Lipinski) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish additional 
                   national cemeteries for veterans.

    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 Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish, 
in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, a 
national cemetery in each of the three areas in the United States that 
the Secretary determines to be most in need of such a cemetery to serve 
the needs of veterans and their families.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Initial report on implementation.--Not later than the 
        date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress 
        a report on the establishment of the national cemeteries under 
        subsection (a). The report shall set forth the three areas 
        identified by the Secretary for such establishment, a schedule 
        for such establishment, and an estimate of the costs associated 
        with such establishment.
            (2) Updates to initial report.--Not later than one year 
        after the date on which the report described in paragraph (1) 
        is submitted to Congress, and annually thereafter until the 
        establishment of the national cemeteries under subsection (a) 
        is complete, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
        that updates the information included in the report described 
        in paragraph (1).
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