I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7361 
To establish a flower ordering program for gravesites under the purview 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 
Mr. ZINKE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. BICE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BACON, Mr. 
GUEST, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. VAN 
DREW, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mrs. CHA-
VEZ-DEREMER, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. BARR, Mr. 
JACKSON of Texas, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Ms. MACE, Mr. EZELL, Mr. SELF, 
Mr. MILLS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CLYDE, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, Mr. KEAN of 
New Jersey, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. LAWLER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a flower ordering program for gravesites under 
the purview of the American Battle Monuments Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flowers for Fallen He-
roes Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS 
COMMISSION AUTHORITIES. 
Section 2103 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘American Battle Monu-
ments Commission may’’ and inserting ‘‘Amer-
ican Battle Monuments Commission shall’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Flowers for Fallen Heroes Act of 
2024, establish— 
‘‘(A) a program and payment system for 
members of the public to order floral arrange-
ments for gravesites under the Commission’s 
purview, with orders executed by third-party re-
gional florists chosen by the Commission, with-
out excess administrative fees or markup; and 
‘‘(B) a user-friendly website and telephone 
ordering system for the program and payment 
system described in subparagraph (A).’’; 
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(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, marketing 
professionals,’’ after ‘‘architects’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO ACCEPT CER-
TAIN TYPES OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARD PAY-
MENTS AND ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
accept payment of fees related to activities de-
scribed in subsection (a)(6) by credit card or 
electronic funds transfer. 
‘‘(B) USE OF VENDORS AND THIRD-PARTY 
PROVIDERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(I) contract with third-party 
providers, including insured depository 
institutions and card issuers (as such 
terms are defined in the Truth in 
Lending Act), for purposes of accept-
ing payments by credit card or by 
electronic funds transfer; and 
‘‘(II) make every effort, when 
contracting with third-party vendors 
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under clause (i), to find the lowest 
cost third-party vendor. 
‘‘(ii) PAYMENT OF FEES.—If a third- 
party vendor with which the Commission 
contracts requires a fee in connection with 
the processing of credit payments or elec-
tronic funds transfers, the person who is 
making such payment or transfer shall pay 
such fee, not the Commission. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION
OF
PAYMENT.—If a 
person elects to make a payment to the Com-
mission by a method authorized under subpara-
graph (A), the payment shall not be deemed to 
be made until the Commission receives the 
funds. 
‘‘(2) LIABILITY FOR NONPAYMENT.—If a pay-
ment by credit card, debit card, or charge card, so 
received is not duly paid, or is paid and subsequently 
charged back to the Commission, the person by 
whom such method of payment has been tendered 
shall remain liable for the payment, to the same ex-
tent as if such method of payment had not been ten-
dered. 
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‘‘(3) 
ELECTRONIC
FUNDS
TRANSFER
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘electronic funds 
transfer’— 
‘‘(A) means a transfer of funds, other than 
a transaction by check, draft, or similar paper 
instrument, that is initiated through an elec-
tronic terminal, telephone, or computer or mag-
netic tape for the purpose of ordering, instruct-
ing, or authorizing a financial institution to 
debit or credit an account; and 
‘‘(B) includes point of sale transfers, auto-
mated teller machine transfers, direct deposit or 
withdrawal of funds, transfers initiated by tele-
phone, and transfers resulting from debit card 
transactions.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADHERENCE 
TO CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the American Battle Monuments Commis-
sion (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) 
shall submit a report on implementation and performance 
related to the amendments made by this Act to— 
(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
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