[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3380-S3381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1854. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN EMBLEMS ON HEADSTONES AND 
                   MARKERS FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2306 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
     subsection (i):
       ``(i)(1) A headstone or marker furnished for a veteran 
     under subsection (a), (b), or (d) may include--
       ``(A) no emblem;
       ``(B) an emblem of belief; or
       ``(C) an emblem from among a list of emblems that the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary, 
     shall establish.
       ``(2) The list established under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
     include the following:
       ``(A) An emblem with respect to--
       ``(i) each unit at the level of separate brigade or higher 
     in the Army and each equivalent unit in the Navy, Marine 
     Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard; and
       ``(ii) each skill or combat badge or tab earned by a member 
     of the Armed Forces.
       ``(B) One or more emblems of the commissioned Regular Corps 
     of the Public Health Service.
       ``(C) One or more emblems of the commissioned officer corps 
     of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
       ``(D) Such other emblems as the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary, considers appropriate and 
     practical, such as the Marine Corps emblem or Army Infantry 
     insignia.
       ``(3) The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Secretary 
     with a digitized representation of each emblem included in 
     the list established under paragraph (1)(C).''.
       (b) Establishment of List of Approved Emblems.--Not later 
     than June 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish the 
     list of approved emblems required by section 2306(i)(1)(C), 
     as added by subsection (a), in accordance with such section.
       (c) Availability of Approved Emblems.--Not later than 
     October 1, 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make 
     the emblems on the list of approved emblems required by 
     section 2306(i)(1)(C), as added by subsection (a), available 
     for inclusion on headstones and markers.
       (d) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to headstones and markers furnished 
     by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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