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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 307 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 13, 2021 Mr. KELLY of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec- retary of Veterans Affairs to include the KIA, MIA, and POW acronyms on headstones and markers fur- nished by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF KIA, MIA, AND POW ACRONYMS 3 ON HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FURNISHED 4 BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 5 Section 2306(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 6 amended— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:57 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H307.IH H307 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 307 IH (1) by striking ‘‘A headstone or marker fur- 1 nished’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) A headstone or marker 2 furnished’’; and 3 (2) by adding at the end the following new 4 paragraph: 5 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall permit the following 6 acronyms to be included on a headstone or marker under 7 subsection (a), (b), or (d) of this section: 8 ‘‘(i) ‘KIA’ for an individual killed in action. 9 ‘‘(ii) ‘MIA’ for an individual who was miss- 10 ing in action. 11 ‘‘(iii) ‘POW’ for an individual who was a 12 prisoner of war. 13 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may not count an acronym in- 14 cluded on a headstone or marker under subparagraph (A) 15 towards any character or line limit for such headstone or 16 marker.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:57 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H307.IH H307 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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