[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9804 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9804

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorized the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain veterans 
for whom urns were previously furnished when such veterans are interred 
        with other eligible individual, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2024

     Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mrs. Cherfilus-
  McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorized the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain veterans 
for whom urns were previously furnished when such veterans are interred 
        with other eligible individual, 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 ``Loved Ones Interment Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR 
              CERTAIN CREMATED VETERANS INTERRED WITH OTHER ELIGIBLE 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 2306(h)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``If the Secretary'' and inserting ``(A) 
        Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph 
        (B):
    ``(B) In the case of a deceased individual referred to in 
subsection (a) who is cremated and for whom an urn or commemorative 
plaque is furnished under paragraph (1), the Secretary may also furnish 
a headstone or marker for the individual if--
            ``(i) the individual is interred at the same burial site as 
        another individual referred to in section 2402(a) of this 
        title;
            ``(ii) the headstone or marker furnished includes 
        information about both such individuals; and
            ``(iii) the inclusion of such information does not increase 
        the cost of the headstone or marker beyond the maximum amount 
        permitted under law.''.
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