[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6772-S6773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4053. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3523, to amend title

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10, United States Code, to require a full military honors ceremony for 
certain deceased veterans, and for other purposes; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Our Heroes Act of 
     2018''.

     SEC. 2. FULL MILITARY ESCORT AT FUNERALS OF CERTAIN VETERANS.

       Section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) The Secretary concerned shall provide a full military 
     escort (as determined by the Secretary concerned) for the 
     funeral of a veteran who--
       ``(A) is first interred or first inurned in Arlington 
     National Cemetery on or after the date of the enactment of 
     the Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2018;
       ``(B) was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war 
     medal; and
       ``(C) is not otherwise entitled to a full military escort 
     by the grade of that veteran.''.

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