[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3789 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3789

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker to 
  commemorate an eligible individual whose remains are identified and 
        available but the location of the gravesite is unknown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2015

  Mr. Guinta 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 direct the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker to 
  commemorate an eligible individual whose remains are identified and 
        available but the location of the gravesite is unknown.

    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 ``Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR 
              INDIVIDUALS WHOSE REMAINS ARE IDENTIFIED AND AVAILABLE 
              BUT THE LOCATION OF THE GRAVESITE IS UNKNOWN.

    (a) In General.--Section 2306(b)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
sentence the following: ``or an eligible individual whose remains are 
identified and available but the location of the gravesite is 
unknown''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to deaths occurring before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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