[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8668 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8668

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on 
headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2020

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi 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 include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on 
headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF KIA, MIA, AND POW ACRONYMS ON HEADSTONES AND 
              MARKERS FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 2306(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``A headstone or marker furnished'' and 
        inserting ``(1) A headstone or marker furnished''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall permit the following acronyms to be 
included on a headstone or marker under subsection (a), (b), or (d) of 
this section:
            ``(i) `KIA' for an individual killed in action.
            ``(ii) `MIA' for an individual who was missing in action.
            ``(iii) `POW' for an individual who was a prisoner of war.
    ``(B) The Secretary may not count an acronym included on a 
headstone or marker under subparagraph (A) towards any character or 
line limit for such headstone or marker.''.
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