IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 4, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
burial in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated 
remains of certain persons whose service has been deter-
mined to be active service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS IN ARLING-
TON NATIONAL CEMETERY OF CERTAIN PER-
SONS WHOSE SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE AC-
TIVE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2410 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing 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 inurnment in Arlington National Ceme-
tery 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 serv-
ice 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. 
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(2) FORMALLY
INTERRED
OR
INURNED
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘formally in-
terred 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 enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and the Commit-
tees 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 deter-
mines 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 fu-
ture, including such actions and options with respect 
to— 
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(A) redefining eligibility criteria for inter-
ment and inurnment in the cemetery; and 
(B) considerations for additional expansion 
opportunities beyond the current boundaries of 
the cemetery. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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