[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1552 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1552

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries 
          for graves of certain veterans without next of kin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2019

  Mr. Tipton 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 headstones or markers to private cemeteries 
          for graves of certain veterans without next of kin.

    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 ``Private Cemeteries Honoring Veterans 
in the Absence of Next of Kin Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUESTS BY PRIVATE CEMETERIES FOR HEADSTONES OR MARKERS FOR 
              GRAVES OF CERTAIN VETERANS.

    Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(6) If the Secretary is unable to identify any next of kin of a 
deceased individual covered by this subsection, a private cemetery may 
request the Secretary to furnish--
            ``(A) a headstone or marker for the grave of the deceased 
        individual pursuant to paragraph (1); or
            ``(B) a medallion or other device to signify the deceased 
        individual's status as a veteran pursuant to paragraph (4).''.
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