[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4014. Ms. MURKOWSKI 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__. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED WITH 
                   SPECIAL GUERRILLA UNITS OR IRREGULAR FORCES IN 
                   LAOS FOR INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 2402(a)(10) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     or''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) who--
       ``(i) the Secretary determines served honorably with a 
     special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a 
     base in Laos in support of the Armed Forces at any time 
     during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending 
     on May 7, 1975; and
       ``(ii) at the time of the individual's death--

       ``(I) was a citizen of the United States or an alien 
     lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 
     States; and
       ``(II) resided in the United States.''.

       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall have effect as if included in the enactment of section 
     251(a) of title II of the Military Construction, Veterans 
     Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 
     (division J of Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 824).
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