[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3480 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3480


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2008

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Robert F. Reeves,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.