[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1334 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1334

    To amend section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, to make 
 permanent authority to furnish government headstones and markers for 
   graves of veterans at private cemeteries, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2007

Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Byrd, 
and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, to make 
 permanent authority to furnish government headstones and markers for 
   graves of veterans at 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. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT 
              HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR BURIALS OF VETERANS AT PRIVATE 
              CEMETERIES.

    (a) Repeal of Expiration of Authority.--Subsection (d) of section 
2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--Notwithstanding subsection (d) of 
section 502 of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 
2001 (Public Law 107-103; 115 Stat. 995; 38 U.S.C. 2306 note), the 
amendments made to section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, by 
such section 502 and the amendments made by section 402 of the Veterans 
Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-461), other than the amendment made by subsection (e) of such 
section 402, shall take effect as of November 1, 1990, and shall apply 
with respect to the graves of individuals dying on or after that date.
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