[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 358 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 358

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the 
   Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for 
 marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2007

 Mr. Reichert 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 expand and make permanent the 
   Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for 
 marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, 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. PERMANENCE AND EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              BENEFIT FOR GOVERNMENT MARKERS FOR MARKED GRAVES OF 
              VETERANS BURIED IN PRIVATE CEMETERIES.

    (a) Permanency of Program.--Subsection (d) of section 2306 of title 
38, United States Code is amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Expansion of Benefit.--Such subsection, as amended by 
subsection (a), is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``marker'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``headstone or marker''; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph (3):
    ``(3) In the case of a grave for which a headstone or marker is 
requested that is marked by a headstone or marker furnished at private 
expense, the Government headstone or marker may be furnished if the 
individual making the request for the Government headstone or marker 
certifies to the Secretary that the headstone or marker will be placed 
as close as practicable to that grave.''.
    (c) Application of Government Marker Benefit to Veterans Dying on 
or After November 1, 1990.--Subsection (d) of section 502 of the 
Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-
103; 38 U.S.C. 2306 note) is amended by striking ``September 11, 2001'' 
and inserting ``November 1, 1990''.
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