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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1273 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and 

to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2007 

Ms. BERKLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF VETERAN PLOT ALLOWANCE 

4 ELIGIBILITY AND HEADSTONE OR MARKER 

5 ALLOWANCE. 

6 (a) RESTORATION OF PLOT ALLOWANCE ELIGI7 BILITY FOR VETERANS OF ANY WAR.—Section 2303(b) 

8 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘subsection (a) of this section’’ and all that 

3 follows through ‘‘and who’’ and inserting the fol4 lowing: ‘‘subsection (a), in the case of a veteran who 

5 is eligible for a burial allowance under such sub6 section or under section 2302 of this title, who was 

7 discharged from the active military, naval, or air 

8 service for a disability incurred or aggravated in the 

9 line of duty, or who is a veteran of any war and’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘is eligible for a burial al13 lowance under section 2302 of this title or 

14 under subsection (a) of this section, or was dis15 charged from the active military, naval, or air 

16 service for a disability incurred or aggravated in 

17 line of duty, and such veteran’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘clause (1) of this sub19 section’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 

20 (b) RESTORATION OF HEADSTONE OR MARKER AL21 LOWANCE.— 

22 (1) ALLOWANCE.—Section 2306 of title 38, 

23 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

24 end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(h) In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker 

2 under subsection (a)(2) or (b), the Secretary, in the Sec3 retary’s discretion, having due regard for the cir4 cumstances in each case, may reimburse the person enti5 tled to request such headstone or marker for the cost of 

6 acquiring a non-Government headstone or marker for 

7 placement in any cemetery other than a national cemetery 

8 in connection with the burial or memorialization of the de9 ceased individual.’’. 

10 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (g) 

11 of such section is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(4) Reimbursement may not be provided under sub14 section (h) for the cost of acquiring a non-Government 

15 headstone or marker in connection with the burial or me16 morialization of a person described in section 2411(b) of 

17 this title.’’. 

18 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

19 by this subsection shall apply with respect to deaths 

20 occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act. 

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