[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3294]
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                           MARK OUR PLACE ACT

  Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 
3126 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3126) to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish or 
     replace a headstone, marker, or medallion for the grave of an 
     eligible Medal of Honor recipient regardless of the 
     recipient's dates of service in the Armed Forces, and for 
     other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. HASSAN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3126) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3126

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Mark Our Place Act''.

     SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED 
                   HEADSTONE, MARKER, OR MEDALLION FOR MEDAL OF 
                   HONOR RECIPIENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2306(d)(5)(C) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking clause (i);
       (2) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(except that 
     subparagraph (B)(i) of such paragraph shall not apply)'' 
     after ``paragraph (4)''; and
       (3) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) 
     and (ii), respectively.
       (b) Technical Correction.--Section 2306(d)(5) of such title 
     is amended by striking ``section 491'' both places it appears 
     and inserting ``section 2732''.

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