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105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1744

To redesignate the title of the National Cemetery System and the position

of the Director of the National Cemetery System.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 11, 1998

Mr. SPECTER (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice

and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To redesignate the title of the National Cemetery System

and the position of the Director of the National Cemetery System.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF TITLE OF NATIONAL CEM4 ETERY SYSTEM.

5 The title of the National Cemetery System of the De6 partment of Veterans Affairs is hereby redesignated as the

7 National Cemetery Administration.
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1 SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF

2 THE NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM.

3 The position of Director of the National Cemetery

4 System of the Department of Veterans Affairs is hereby

5 redesignated as Assistant Secretary for Memorial Affairs.

6 SEC. 3. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.

7 Section 308(a) of title 38, United States Code, is

8 amended—

9 (1) in subsection (a) thereof, changing the pe10 riod at the end of the first sentence of that sub11 section to a comma and adding the following at the

12 end of that sentence: ‘‘in addition to the Assistant

13 Secretary for Memorial Affairs’’;

14 (2) in subsection (b) thereof, by inserting

15 ‘‘other than the Assistant Secretary for Memorial

16 Affairs’’ after ‘‘Assistant Secretaries’’; and

17 (3) in subsection (c) thereof, by inserting ‘‘pur18 suant to subsection (b)’’ after ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’.

19 SEC. 4. TITLE 38 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

20 (a) Title 38, United States Code, is amended by strik21 ing out ‘‘Director of the National Cemetery System’’ each

22 place it appears (including in headings and tables) and

23 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Memorial

24 Affairs’’.
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1 (b) Section 301(c) of title 38, United States Code,

2 is amended by striking out ‘‘System’’ in subsection (c)(4)

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Administration’’.

4 (c) Section 307 of title 38, United States Code, is

5 amended—

6 (1) by striking out ‘‘a’’ in the first sentence and

7 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘an’’;

8 (2) by striking out ‘‘Director’’ in the second

9 sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Assistant

10 Secretary for Memorial Affairs’’; and

11 (3) by striking out ‘‘System’’ in the second sen12 tence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Administration’’.

13 (d)(1) Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States

14 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘within the National

15 Cemetery System’’ in the first sentence of subsection

16 (d)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘under the control of

17 the National Cemetery Administration’’.

18 (2) Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code,

19 is amended by striking out ‘‘within the National Cemetery

20 System’’ in subsection (d)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘under the control of the National Cemetery Administra22 tion’’.

23 (e)(1) The table of sections at the beginning of chap24 ter 24 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by

25 striking out ‘‘Establishment of National Cemetery System;
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1 composition of such system; appointment of director.’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Establishment of National Ceme3 tery Administration; authority of such administration; ap4 pointment of Assistant Secretary.’’.

5 (2) The heading of section 2400 of title 38, United

6 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Establishment

7 of National Cemetery System; composition of such system;

8 appointment of director’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Es9 tablishment of National Cemetery Administration; author10 ity of such administration; appointment of Assistant Sec11 retary’’.

12 (3) Section 2400(a) of title 38, United States Code,

13 is amended by striking out ‘‘shall be within the Depart14 ment a National Cemetery System’’ in the first sentence

15 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is within the Department

16 a National Cemetery Administration responsible’’ in the

17 first sentence and by striking out ‘‘Such system’’ in the

18 second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Na19 tional Cemetery Administration’’.

20 (4) Section 2400(b) of title 38, United States Code,

21 is amended by striking out ‘‘The National Cemetery Sys22 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘National cemeteries and other facili23 ties under the control of the National Cemetery Adminis24 tration’’ in lieu thereof.
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1 (5) Section 2402 of title 38, United States Code, is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘in the National Cemetery Sys3 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘under the control of the National

4 Cemetery Administration’’ in lieu thereof.

5 (6) Section 2403(c) of title 38, United States Code,

6 is amended by striking out ‘‘in the National Cemetery Sys7 tem created by this chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘under the

8 control of the National Cemetery Administration’’ in lieu

9 thereof.

10 (7) Section 2405(c) of title 38, United States Code,

11 is amended by striking out ‘‘within the National Cemetery

12 System’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘under the control

13 of the National Cemetery Administration’’ and by striking

14 out ‘‘within such System’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘under the control such Administration’’.

16 (8) Section 2408(c) of title 38, United States Code,

17 is amended by striking out ‘‘in the National Cemetery Sys18 tem’’ in subsection (c)(1) and inserting ‘‘under the control

19 of the National Cemetery Administration’’ in lieu thereof.

20 SEC. 5. EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

21 Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is

22 amended by striking out ‘‘(6)’’ following ‘‘Assistant Sec23 retaries, Department of Veterans Affairs’’ and inserting

24 in lieu thereof ‘‘(7)’’ and by striking out ‘‘Director of the

25 National Cemetery System’’.
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1 SEC. 6. REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.

2 (a) Any reference to the National Cemetery System

3 in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, dele4 gation of authority, or document of or pertaining to the

5 Department of Veterans Affairs, which reference pertains

6 to the organization within that Department which controls

7 the Department’s national cemeteries shall be deemed to

8 refer to the National Cemetery Administration.

9 (b) Any reference to the Director of the National

10 Cemetery System in any Federal law, Executive order,

11 rule, regulation, delegation of authority, or document of

12 or pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs shall

13 be deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary for Memorial

14 Affairs.

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