[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3367

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the continuing 
  operation of national cemeteries during periods of certain funding 
                 restrictions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

  Mr. Gaetz (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in 
    addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and 
   Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the continuing 
  operation of national cemeteries during periods of certain funding 
                 restrictions, 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. CONTINUING OPERATION OF NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

    (a) Continuing Operations.--Section 2404 of title 38, United States 
Code, as most recently amended by section 3 of the National Cemeteries 
Preservation and Protection Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-355), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j)(1) The Secretary shall ensure that all national cemeteries 
remain open, and shall continue to maintain such cemeteries, during 
any--
            ``(A) period that obligations may not be issued without 
        exceeding the debt subject to limit under section 3101 of title 
        31; or
            ``(B) lapse in discretionary appropriations for the 
        Department on or after the date of enactment of this 
        subsection.
    ``(2) The Secretary may transfer any amounts as the Secretary 
determines necessary from any discretionary or direct spending account 
of the Department for the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1).
    ``(3) If a national cemetery closes for any period of time during a 
period referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress and to the Secretary of the Treasury a report that identifies 
any national cemetery that was closed and the number of days such 
cemetery was closed.''.
    (b) TSP G-Fund Reduction.--
            (1) CSRS.--Section 8348(j)(5)(B) of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) the term `debt issuance suspension period' 
                means any period of days equal to--
                            ``(i) the period for which the Secretary of 
                        the Treasury determines for purposes of this 
                        subsection that the issuance of obligations of 
                        the United States may not be made without 
                        exceeding the public debt limit, minus
                            ``(ii) the number of days any national 
                        cemetery was closed, as determined under 
                        section 2404(j)(3) of title 38.''.
            (2) FERS.--Section 8438(g)(6)(B) of such title is amended 
        to read as follows:
                    ``(B) the term `debt issuance suspension period' 
                means any period of days equal to--
                            ``(i) the period for which the Secretary of 
                        the Treasury determines for purposes of this 
                        subsection that the issuance of obligations of 
                        the United States may not be made without 
                        exceeding the public debt limit, minus
                            ``(ii) the number of days any national 
                        cemetery was closed, as determined under 
                        section 2404(j)(3) of title 38.''.
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