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[H.R. 3480 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3480

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate 
punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property 
where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other 
                                purposes.

    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 ``Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act 
of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.
    The Congress finds and declares that--
        (1) every cemetery should do all it can to protect each grave 
    marker, headstone, monument, or other object, intended to 
    permanently mark a grave;
        (2) every citizen of the United States should be watchful and 
    mindful of desecrations of any gravesite and report any such 
    suspected behavior to local, State, or Federal law enforcement 
    authorities; and
        (3) all citizens, including veterans, have earned the right to 
    rest in peace.
SEC. 3. DIRECTION TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION.
    (a) In General.--Pursuant to its authority under section 994 of 
title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission 
shall review and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing 
guidelines and policy statements to ensure the guidelines and policy 
statements provide adequate sentencing enhancements for any offense 
involving the desecration, theft, or trafficking in, a grave marker, 
headstone, monument, or other object, intended to permanently mark a 
veteran's grave.
    (b) Commission Duties.--In carrying out this section, the 
Sentencing Commission shall--
        (1) ensure that the sentences, guidelines, and policy 
    statements relating to offenders convicted of these offenses are 
    appropriately severe and reasonably consistent with other relevant 
    directives and other Federal sentencing guidelines and policy 
    statements;
        (2) make any necessary conforming changes to the Federal 
    sentencing guidelines; and
        (3) assure that the guidelines adequately meet the purposes of 
    sentencing as set forth in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United 
    States Code.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.