1.Codification of prohibition
against reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery
(a)Chapter 24 of title
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2410 the
following new section:
2410A.Arlington
National Cemetery: other administrative matters
(a)Not more than one
gravesite may be provided at Arlington National Cemetery to a veteran or member
of the Armed Forces who is eligible for interment at such cemetery and the
family members of such veteran or member who are also eligible for interment at
such cemetery.
(b)Prohibition
against reservation of gravesitesA gravesite at Arlington
National Cemetery may not be reserved for an individual before the death of
such
individual.
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(b)The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 24 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2410 the
following new item:
2410A. Arlington National
Cemetery: other administrative
matters.
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(c)
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), section 2410A of
such title, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to all
interments at Arlington National Cemetery after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2)Subsection
(b) of such section, as so added, shall not apply with respect to the interment
of an individual for whom a written request for a reserved gravesite was
submitted to the Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962.
(d)
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report on
reservations made for interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
(2)The
report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A)The number of
requests for reservation of a gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery that
were submitted to the Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962.
(B)The number of
gravesites at such cemetery that, on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act, were reserved in response to such requests.
(C)The number of
such gravesites that, on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,
were unoccupied.
(D)A list of all
reservations for gravesites at such cemetery that were extended by individuals
responsible for management of such cemetery in response to requests for such
reservations made on or after January 1, 1962.
(E)A description of
the measures that the Secretary is taking to improve the accountability and
transparency of the management of gravesite reservations at Arlington National
Cemetery.
(F)Such
recommendations as the Secretary may have for legislative action as the
Secretary considers necessary to improve such accountability and
transparency.