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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1126
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to provide inscriptions for spouses and children on certain
headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. JONES, Mr. ALLEN, Mr.
POSEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. NOR-
MAN, Mr. BANKS, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide inscriptions for
spouses and children on certain headstones and markers
furnished by the Secretary.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honoring Veterans’
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Families Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INSCRIPTIONS FOR SPOUSES AND
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CHILDREN ON CERTAIN HEADSTONES AND
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MARKERS FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY
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OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2306 of title 38, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing new subsection:
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‘‘(i)(1) In the case of an individual for whom the Sec-
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retary has furnished a headstone or marker for the un-
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marked grave of the individual in a non-VA cemetery
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under subsection (a) or for whom the Secretary has fur-
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nished a headstone or marker under subsection (d), the
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Secretary may, if feasible and upon request, replace the
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headstone or marker to add an inscription for the sur-
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viving spouse or eligible dependent child of such individual
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following the death of the surviving spouse or eligible de-
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pendent child.
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‘‘(2) If the spouse or eligible dependent child of an
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individual referred to in paragraph (1) predeceases the in-
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dividual, the Secretary may, if feasible and upon request,
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include an inscription for the spouse or dependent child
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on the headstone or marker furnished for the individual
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under subsection (a) or (d).
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‘‘(3) In this section, the term ‘non-VA cemetery’
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means—
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‘‘(A) a veterans’ cemetery owned by a State; or
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‘‘(B) a State, local, tribal, or private ceme-
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tery.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (i) of section
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2306 of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
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section (a) shall apply with respect to an individual who
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dies on or after October 1, 2018.
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