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[H.R. 3656 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 285
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3656

                          [Report No. 115-387]

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent 
   eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs 
  memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent 
          children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2017

Mr. Banks of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                            November 6, 2017

                   Additional sponsor: Mrs. Radewagen

                            November 6, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, 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 August 
                               18, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent 
   eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs 
  memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent 
          children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.


 


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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS' SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN 
              WHOSE REMAINS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS.

    Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is 
        the''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``An'' and inserting 
        ``An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is 
        an''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 285

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3656

                          [Report No. 115-387]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent 
   eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs 
  memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent 
          children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 6, 2017

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