[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6989 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6989

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the burial in a 
 national cemetery of a parent of a deceased veteran when there is no 
              eligible spouse or dependent of the veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2008

  Mr. Israel 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 burial in a 
 national cemetery of a parent of a deceased veteran when there is no 
              eligible spouse or dependent of the veteran.

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

SECTION 1. BURIAL IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES OF PARENTS OF CERTAIN DECEASED 
              VETERANS WHEN THERE IS NO ELIGIBLE SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT.

    Section 2402 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(9) A parent of a deceased person described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3), if there is no eligible spouse, minor child, or unmarried 
adult child of the person.''.
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