[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5760 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5760

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide seven person firing parties in the funeral honors 
                   details for World War II veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2014

  Mr. Barber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide seven person firing parties in the funeral honors 
                   details for World War II veterans.

    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 ``Funeral Honors for World War II 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR INCLUSION OF SEVEN PERSON FIRING PARTIES IN 
              FUNERAL HONORS DETAILS PROVIDED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
              FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1491(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In the 
case of a veteran who served on active duty in the armed forces during 
World War II, the funeral honors detail may include a seven person 
firing party.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to deaths occurring after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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