[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1167 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1167

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit remarried surviving 
 spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2003

  Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico 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 permit remarried surviving 
 spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF SURVIVING SPOUSES WHO REMARRY FOR BURIAL IN 
              NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2402(5) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``(which for purposes of this chapter includes 
an unremarried surviving spouse who had a subsequent remarriage which 
was terminated by death or divorce)'' and inserting ``(which for 
purposes of this chapter includes a surviving spouse who had a 
subsequent remarriage)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2000.
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