[118th Congress Public Law 271]
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Public Law 118-271
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the entitlement to 
   memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and 
 certain individuals and to extend authority to bury remains of certain 
       spouses and children in national cemeteries, and for other 
             purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 4, 2025 -  [S. 2181]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Keeping Military 
Families Together Act of 2024.>> 
SECTION <<NOTE: 38 USC 101 note.>> 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Military Families Together 
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND 
                    MARKERS FOR COMMEMORATION OF VETERANS AND 
                    CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2025'' both places it appears and inserting 
``September 30, 2032''.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF CERTAIN SPOUSES 
                    AND CHILDREN IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

    Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``September 30, 2032''.

    Approved January 4, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2181:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
            May 1, considered and passed Senate.
            Nov. 18, considered and passed House, amended.
            Dec. 20, Senate concurred in House amendments.

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