[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1782 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1782

 To authorize the burial in Arlington National Cemetery of any former 
  Reservist who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 
would have been eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery but 
                       for age at time of death.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 6, 2001

 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Allen, Mr. Cleland, and Mr. 
    Inouye) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the burial in Arlington National Cemetery of any former 
  Reservist who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and 
would have been eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery but 
                       for age at time of death.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR BURIAL OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AT ARLINGTON 
              NATIONAL CEMETERY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall authorize the 
burial in a separate gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, 
Virginia, of any individual who--
            (1) died as a direct result of the terrorist attacks on the 
        United States on September 11, 2001; and
            (2) would have been eligible for burial in Arlington 
        National Cemetery by reason of service in a reserve component 
        of the Armed Forces but for the fact that such individual was 
        less than 60 years of age at the time of death.
    (b) Eligibility of Surviving Spouse.--The surviving spouse of an 
individual buried in a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery under 
the authority provided under subsection (a) shall be eligible for 
burial in the gravesite of the individual to the same extent as the 
surviving spouse of any other individual buried in Arlington National 
Cemetery is eligible for burial in the gravesite of such other 
individual.
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