A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain emblems on headstones and markers furnished for veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security, Cemeteries and funerals, Monuments and memorials, Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:  <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the inclusion of certain emblems on headstones or markers furnished for veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Such headstones or markers may include an emblem from a list established by the Department of Defense and the VA (e.g., skill or combat badges), an emblem of belief, or no emblem.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1100 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1100

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
certain emblems on headstones and markers furnished for veterans by the 
         Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2023

   Mr. Braun 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 provide for the inclusion of 
certain emblems on headstones and markers furnished for veterans by the 
         Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN EMBLEMS ON HEADSTONES AND MARKERS 
              FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l)(1) A headstone or marker furnished for a veteran under 
subsection (a), (b), or (d) may include--
            ``(A) no emblem;
            ``(B) an emblem of belief; or
            ``(C) an emblem from among a list of emblems that the 
        Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
        establish.
    ``(2) The list established under paragraph (1)(C) shall include the 
following:
            ``(A) An emblem with respect to--
                    ``(i) each unit at the level of division or higher 
                in the Army and each equivalent unit in the Navy, 
                Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard; 
                and
                    ``(ii) each skill or combat badge or tab earned by 
                a member of the Armed Forces.
            ``(B) Such other emblems as the Secretary, in coordination 
        with the Secretary of Defense, considers appropriate and 
        practical, such as the Marine Corps emblem or Army Infantry 
        insignia.
    ``(3) The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Secretary with a 
digitized representation of each emblem included in the list 
established under paragraph (1)(C).''.
    (b) Establishment of List of Approved Emblems.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
establish the list of approved emblems required by paragraph (1)(C) of 
subsection (l) of such section 2306, as added by subsection (a), in 
accordance with such subsection (l).
    (c) Availability of Approved Emblems.--Not later than 360 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall make the emblems on the list of approved emblems required 
by subsection (l)(1)(C) of such section 2306, as added by subsection 
(a), available for inclusion on headstones and markers.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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