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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4336 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4336

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen

                                 An Act

 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in 
 Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons 
         whose service has been determined to be active service.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INURNMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 
OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHOSE SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE SERVICE.
    (a) In General.--Section 2410 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that, under such 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the cremated remains of any 
person described in paragraph (2) are eligible for above ground 
inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors in 
accordance with section 1491 of title 10.
    ``(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whose 
service has been determined to be active duty service pursuant to 
section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-202; 
38 U.S.C. 106 note) as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph.''.
    (b) Applicability.--
        (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
    apply with respect to--
            (A) the remains of a person that are not formally interred 
        or inurned as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (B) a person who dies on or after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
        (2) Formally interred or inurned defined.--In this subsection, 
    the term ``formally interred or inurned'' means interred or inurned 
    in a cemetery, crypt, mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other 
    similar formal location.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report on the interment and inurnment 
capacity of Arlington National Cemetery, including--
        (1) the estimated date that the Secretary determines the 
    cemetery will reach maximum interment and inurnment capacity; and
        (2) in light of the unique and iconic meaning of the cemetery 
    to the United States, recommendations for legislative actions and 
    nonlegislative options that the Secretary determines necessary to 
    ensure that the maximum interment and inurnment capacity of the 
    cemetery is not reached until well into the future, including such 
    actions and options with respect to--
            (A) redefining eligibility criteria for interment and 
        inurnment in the cemetery; and
            (B) considerations for additional expansion opportunities 
        beyond the current boundaries of the cemetery.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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