[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1822 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1822

   To provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased 
         members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2011

 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Brown of Massachusetts) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased 
         members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.

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

SECTION 1. EXHUMATION AND TRANSFER OF REMAINS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED FORCES BURIED IN TRIPOLI, LIBYA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall take whatever 
actions may be necessary to--
            (1) exhume the remains of any deceased members of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States buried at a burial site described 
        in subsection (b);
            (2) transfer such remains to an appropriate forensics 
        laboratory to be identified;
            (3) in the case of any remains that are identified, 
        transport the remains to a veterans cemetery located in 
        proximity, as determined by the Secretary, to the closest 
        living family member of the deceased individual or at another 
        cemetery as determined by the Secretary;
            (4) for any member of the Armed Forces whose remains are 
        identified, provide a military funeral and burial; and
            (5) in the case of any remains that cannot be identified, 
        transport the remains to Arlington National Cemetery for 
        interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
    (b) Burial Sites Described.--The burial sites described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) The mass burial site containing the remains of five 
        United States sailors located in Protestant Cemetery in 
        Tripoli, Libya.
            (2) The mass burial site containing the remains of eight 
        United States sailors located near the walls of the Tripoli 
        Castle in Tripoli, Libya.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the effective date of 
this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
describing the status of the actions under this section. The report 
shall include an estimate of the date of the completion of the actions 
undertaken, and to be undertaken, under this section.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date on which 
Operation Unified Protector of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO), or any successor operation, terminates.
    (e) Available Funds.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out this 
section using amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense by Acts enacted before the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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