[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1759 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1759

 To require the Secretary of the Army to remove the remains of Russell 
             Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2005

   Mr. Craig introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Army to remove the remains of Russell 
             Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Arlington National Cemetery is a National Shrine that 
        memorializes the honorable service of men and women who have 
        defended the freedoms that all Americans enjoy.
            (2) The inclusion among the honored dead of persons who 
        have committed particularly notorious, heinous acts brings 
        dishonor to the deceased and disrespect to their loved ones.
            (3) The removal of persons who have committed heinous acts 
        would not be an act of punishment against those persons, but 
        rather an act that would preserve the sacredness of cemetery 
        grounds.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF REMAINS.

    (a) Removal.--The Secretary of the Army shall remove the remains of 
Russell Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.
    (b) Notification of Next-of-Kin.--Upon removal of the remains of 
Russell Wayne Wagner, the Secretary of the Army shall--
            (1) notify the next-of-kin of record for Russell Wayne 
        Wagner of the removal of his remains; and
            (2) arrange for the internment or inurnment of those 
        remains in a public or private cemetery or, if requested, 
        relinquish the remains to the next-of-kin of record.
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