[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 888

To authorize the disinterment from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and 
  Memorial in Luxembourg of the remains of Private Ray A. Morgan, who 
   died in combat in January 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge, and to 
  authorize the transfer of his remains to the custody of his next of 
                                  kin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2003

   Mr. Johnson of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the disinterment from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and 
  Memorial in Luxembourg of the remains of Private Ray A. Morgan, who 
   died in combat in January 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge, and to 
  authorize the transfer of his remains to the custody of his next of 
                                  kin.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF DISINTERMENT AND TRANSFER OF CUSTODY.

    (a) Disinterment.--The Secretary of the Army and the American 
Battle Monuments Commission shall take such steps as are necessary to 
authorize Robert Morgan of Paris, Illinois, the next of kin of the late 
Ray A. Morgan, to disinter from the Luxembourg American Cemetery and 
Memorial in Luxembourg the remains of Ray A. Morgan, located in Plot H, 
Row 12, Grave 76, who died in the Battle of the Bulge on January 18, 
1945, while a private serving in the 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd 
Armored Division, United States Army.
    (b) Transfer of Custody.--The Secretary of the Army and the 
American Battle Monuments Commission shall take such steps as are 
necessary to authorize the transfer of the remains of Ray A. Morgan to 
the custody of Robert Morgan.
    (c) Transfer of Authority.--In the event of the incapacitation or 
death of Robert Morgan, the subsequent next of kin of Ray A. Morgan may 
carry out the disinterment and receive custody of the remains of Ray A. 
Morgan, as authorized by this section.
    (d) No Expenditure of Federal Funds.-- No Federal funds may be 
expended for the disinterment and transfer of custody authorized by 
this section.
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