[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 1497 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 102
113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1497

                          [Report No. 113-140]

    To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
               religious symbols, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2013

  Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Duncan of South 
Carolina, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Jones, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, 
   Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Latta, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Coble, Mr. 
 Vargas, Mr. Peters of California, Mr. Issa, and Mr. Kline) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

                              July 8, 2013

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Wittman, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Foxx, and Mrs. 
                                Bachmann

                              July 8, 2013

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               11, 2013]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
               religious symbols, 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 the ``War Memorial Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF EMBLEMS OF BELIEF AS PART OF MILITARY MEMORIALS.

    (a) Authority.--Chapter 21 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2115. Inclusion of emblems of belief as part of military 
              memorials
    ``(a) Authorized Inclusion.--For the purpose of honoring the 
sacrifices of members of the United States Armed Forces, including 
those members who make the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the United 
States, emblems of belief may be included as part of--
            ``(1) a military memorial that is established or acquired 
        by the United States Government; or
            ``(2) a military memorial that is not established by the 
        United States Government, but for which the American Battle 
        Monuments Commission cooperated in the establishment of the 
        memorial.
    ``(b) Scope of Inclusion.--When including emblems of belief as part 
of a military memorial, any approved emblem of belief may be included 
on such a memorial. The list of approved emblems of belief shall 
include, at a minimum, all those emblems of belief authorized by the 
National Cemetery Administration.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The terms `emblem of belief' and `emblems of belief' 
        refer to the emblems of belief contained on the list maintained 
        by the National Cemetery Administration for placement on 
        Government-provided headstones and markers.
            ``(2) The term `military memorial' means a memorial or 
        monument commemorating the service of the United States Armed 
        Forces. The term includes works of architecture and art 
        described in section 2105(b) of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

``2115. Inclusion of emblems of belief as part of military 
                            memorials.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 36, 
        United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the 
        service of the United States Armed Forces may contain emblems 
        of belief, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 102

113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1497

                          [Report No. 113-140]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials 
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
               religious symbols, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 8, 2013

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed