[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2181 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2181

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on 
  entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of 
veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority 
to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

   Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Brown) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on 
  entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of 
veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority 
to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, 
                        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 ``Keeping Military Families Together 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON 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 ``if such death occurs before October 1, 2024'' both places it 
appears.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SUNSET ON 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 ``if such death occurs before October 1, 2024''.
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