[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7386-S7387]
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SA 3908. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Boozman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PRESERVATION OF MEMORIALS TO CHAPLAINS ON
CHAPLAINS HILL AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
(a) Updates to Memorials.--The National Conference on
Ministry to the Armed Forces, or any successor organization
recognized in law for purposes of this section, may, at no
cost to the Federal Government--
(1)(A) update the memorial to Protestant chaplains located
in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, with a granite,
marble, or other stone base to host the bronze plaque of the
memorial;
(B) add an additional plaque to such base that includes the
name of each chaplain, verified as described in subsection
(b), who died while on active duty since the original
memorial was placed; and
(C) make such other updates and corrections to the memorial
as may from time to time be needed as determined by the
National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces or such
successor organization; and
(2) make such updates and corrections to the memorial to
Catholic chaplains and the memorial to Jewish chaplains
located in Arlington National Cemetery as may from time
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to time be needed as determined by the National Conference on
Ministry to the Armed Forces or such successor organization.
(b) Verification of Names.--The National Conference on
Ministry to the Armed Forces, or any successor organization
recognized in law for purposes of this section, may verify
with the Chief of Chaplains of the Army, the Chief of
Chaplains of the Navy, the Chief of Chaplains for the Air
Force and the Space Force, and such agencies of the
Department of Defense as the Secretary of the Army considers
appropriate, the names of chaplains for memorialization in
Arlington National Cemetery.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed as authorizing the expansion of any monument or
memorial that is located in Arlington National Cemetery as of
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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