[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1545 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1545

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs permits the display of Battlefield Crosses in national 
                  cemeteries, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2019

Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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 ensure the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs permits the display of Battlefield Crosses in national 
                  cemeteries, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross 
Memorial Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF BATTLEFIELD CROSSES IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

    Section 2403 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) The Secretary may not prohibit the display of a 
Battlefield Cross in any national cemetery.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `Battlefield Cross' means a 
memorial monument in honor of fallen members of the Armed Forces that 
may include a replica of an inverted rifle, boots, helmets, and 
identification tag.''.
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