[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2188 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2188

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a 
national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating 
   servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an 
             American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2005

  Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Harris, Mrs. 
McCarthy, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Butterfield, 
 Mr. McDermott, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
    Brown of Ohio, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island) 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 authorize the placement in a 
national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating 
   servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an 
             American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF INTERNMENT OF REMAINS IN AN AMERICAN BATTLE 
              MONUMENTS COMMISSION CEMETERY AS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE 
              PURPOSES OF PLACEMENT OF MEMORIAL MARKERS IN NATIONAL 
              CEMETERIES.

    Paragraph (3) of section 2306(b) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(E) are interred in an American Battle Monuments 
        Commission cemetery.''.
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