[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1265 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1265

To provide, upon the request of a qualifying person, for the removal of 
the remains of any United States servicemember or other person interred 
 in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery located in France 
or Belgium and for the transportation of such remains to a location in 
                   the United States for reinterment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2003

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide, upon the request of a qualifying person, for the removal of 
the remains of any United States servicemember or other person interred 
 in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery located in France 
or Belgium and for the transportation of such remains to a location in 
                   the United States for reinterment.

    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 ``American Heroes Repatriation Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF REMAINS OF PERSONS INTERRED IN UNITED STATES 
              MILITARY CEMETERIES IN FRANCE OR BELGIUM.

    (a) Removal and Transportation of Remains.--The Secretary of 
Defense, upon application of a qualifying person, shall provide for--
            (1) the removal of the remains of any person interred in an 
        American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery located in France 
        or Belgium from such cemetery; and
            (2) transportation of such remains to a location in the 
        United States selected by such qualifying person.
    (b) ABMC Assistance.--The American Battle Monuments Commission 
shall provide the Secretary of Defense with whatever assistance the 
Secretary may require in carrying out this section.
    (c) Qualifying Persons.--For purposes of this section, a qualifying 
person is a person who, under section 1482(c) of title 10, United 
States Code, may be designated to direct disposition of remains of a 
decedent.
    (d) Time for Application.--An application under subsection (a) must 
be submitted to the Secretary of Defense not later than the end of the 
two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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