[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2247 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2247

  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, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 19, 2017

Mr. Heller (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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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, 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. 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''.
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