[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2963]
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  SA 5867. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. __. APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY TO RECONSIDER DECISIONS 
                   TO INTER THE REMAINS OR HONOR THE MEMORY OF A 
                   PERSON IN A NATIONAL CEMETERY.

       (a) In General.--Section 2411 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``made on or after 
     June 18, 1973,'' after ``reconsider a decision'';
       (2) in subsections (b)(4)(A), (b)(5)(A), (d)(2)(A)(ii), and 
     (e)(1)(B), by striking ``to be a tier III sex offender for 
     purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification 
     Act (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.)'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``to meet the definition of a tier III sex offender 
     under section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and 
     Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) This section shall apply with respect to applications 
     for interment or memorialization made on or after June 18, 
     1973.''.
       (b) Conforming Repeals.--
       (1) Section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National 
     Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113-65) is amended by striking 
     subsection (c).
       (2) Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to amend title 
     38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or 
     memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing 
     Federal or State capital crimes'', approved November 21, 1997 
     (Public Law 105-116), is amended by striking subsection (c).
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