[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 731 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 731

To amend title 38, United States Code, to exclude individuals who have 
   been convicted of committing certain sex offenses from receiving 
certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise 
available to certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related 
                  individuals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2009

     Mr. Shadegg (for himself, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Brady of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Childers, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Latta) 
 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 exclude individuals who have 
   been convicted of committing certain sex offenses from receiving 
certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise 
available to certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related 
                  individuals, 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 ``Jenny's Law''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF COMMITTING CERTAIN SEX 
              OFFENSES FROM RECEIVING CERTAIN BURIAL-RELATED BENEFITS 
              AND FUNERAL HONORS.

    (a) Prohibition Against Interment or Memorialization in National 
Cemetery Administration, Arlington National Cemetery, and Certain State 
Veterans' Cemeteries; Prohibition Against Provision of Presidential 
Memorial Certificate, Flag, and Headstone or Marker.--Section 2411(b) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(4) A person who is classified as a tier III sex offender 
        under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to terminate any benefit available to any person except those benefits 
specifically terminated by the amendment made by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to interments and memorializations that occur on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    The constitutional authority on which this Act rests is the power 
of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land 
and naval forces, as enumerated in article I, section 8, clause 14 of 
the United States Constitution.
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