[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6790 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6790

   To direct the Secretary of the Army to authorize the placement of 
certain types of private headstones in Arlington National Cemetery, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army to authorize the placement of 
certain types of private headstones in Arlington National Cemetery, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN PRIVATE HEADSTONES IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL 
              CEMETERY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall authorize the 
placement in a covered area of Arlington National Cemetery of a private 
headstone if such headstone--
            (1) is placed within 20 feet of another private headstone;
            (2) is not larger than the plot on which it is placed;
            (3) meets the specifications provided in the Arlington 
        National Cemetery Memorialization Policy, as in effect on 
        December 31, 2016;
            (4) is not a ledger, marker of freestanding cross design, 
        narrow shaft, mausoleum, or overground vault; and
            (5) does not exceed four feet in width and four feet in 
        height, including both the base and the die.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``private headstone'' means a headstone other 
        than a standard white uniform military grave marker.
            (2) The term ``covered area'', with respect to Arlington 
        National Cemetery, means an area within one of the original 13 
        sections of the cemetery that were designated for private 
        markers.
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