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‘‘(4) The Secretary of the Army shall provide notice 
to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives of any monument pro-
posed to be placed in Arlington National Cemetery. Dur-
ing the 60-day period beginning on the date on which such 
notice is received, Congress may pass a joint resolution 
of disapproval of the placement of the monument. The 
proposed monument may not be placed in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery until the later of— 
‘‘(A) if Congress does not pass a joint resolu-
tion of disapproval of the placement of the monu-
ment, the date that is 60 days after the date on 
which notice is received under this paragraph; or 
‘‘(B) if Congress passes a joint resolution of 
disapproval of the placement of the monument, and 
the President signs a veto of such resolution, the 
earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the date on which either House of 
Congress votes and fails to override the veto of 
the President; or 
‘‘(ii) the date that is 30 session days after 
the date on which Congress received the veto 
and objections of the president.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 24 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2410 the 
following new item: 
‘‘2410A. Arlington National Cemetery: other administrative matters.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), section 2410A of such title, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to all inter-
ments at Arlington National Cemetery after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (b) of such sec-
tion, as so added, shall not apply with respect to the 
interment of an individual for whom a written re-
quest for a reserved gravesite was submitted to the 
Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962, and 
subsequently approved. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report 
on reservations made for interment at Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
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(A) The number of requests for reservation 
of a gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery 
that were submitted to the Secretary of the 
Army before January 1, 1962. 
(B) The number of gravesites at such cem-
etery that, on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, were reserved in response 
to such requests. 
(C) The number of such gravesites that, on 
the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, were unoccupied. 
(D) A list of all reservations for gravesites 
at such cemetery that were extended by individ-
uals responsible for management of such ceme-
tery in response to requests for such reserva-
tions made on or after January 1, 1962. 
(E) A description of the measures that the 
Secretary is taking to improve the account-
ability and transparency of the management of 
gravesite reservations at Arlington National 
Cemetery. 
(F) Such recommendations as the Sec-
retary may have for legislative action as the 
Secretary considers necessary to improve such 
accountability and transparency. 
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SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PROVISION 
OF A MEMORIAL MARKER ON CHAPLAINS 
HILL TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE JEW-
ISH CHAPLAINS WHO DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE 
DUTY 
IN 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) 13 Jewish chaplains have died while on ac-
tive duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
(2) Army Chaplain Rabbi Alexander Goode died 
on February 3, 1943, when then U.S.S. Dorchester 
was sunk by German torpedoes off the coast of 
Greenland. 
(3) Chaplain Goode received the Four Chap-
lains’ Medal for Heroism and the Distinguished 
Service Cross for his heroic efforts to save the lives 
of those onboard the Dorchester. 
(4) Army Chaplain Rabbi Irving Tepper was 
killed in action in France on August 13, 1944. 
(5) Chaplain Tepper also saw combat in Mo-
rocco, Tunisia, and Sicily while attached to an infan-
try combat team in the Ninth Division. 
(6) Army Chaplain Rabbi Louis Werfel died on 
December 24, 1944, at the young age of 27, in a 
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plane crash while en route to conduct Chanukah 
services. 
(7) Chaplain Werfel was known as ‘‘The Flying 
Rabbi’’ because his duties required traveling great 
distances by plane to serve Army personnel of Jew-
ish faith at outlying posts. 
(8) Army Chaplain Rabbi Meir Engel died at 
the Naval Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam, on Decem-
ber 16, 1964, after faithfully serving his country 
during World War II, the Korean War, and the 
Vietnam War. 
(9) Army Chaplain Rabbi Morton Singer died 
on December 17, 1968, in a plane crash while on a 
mission in Vietnam to conduct Chanukah services. 
(10) Army Chaplain Rabbi Herman Rosen died 
in service of his faith and his country on June 18, 
1943. 
(11) His son, Air Force Chaplain Solomon 
Rosen, also died in service of his faith and his coun-
try on November 2, 1948. 
(12) Army Chaplain Rabbi Nachman Arnoff 
died in service of his faith and his country on May 
9, 1946. 
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(13) Army Chaplain Rabbi Frank Goldenberg 
died in service of his faith and his country on May 
22, 1946. 
(14) Army Chaplain Rabbi Henry Goody died 
in service of his faith and his country on October 19, 
1943. 
(15) Army Chaplain Rabbi Samuel Hurwitz 
died in service of his faith and his country on De-
cember 9, 1943. 
(16) Air Force Chaplain Rabbi Samuel Rosen 
died in service of his faith and his country on May 
13, 1955. 
(17) Air Force Chaplain Rabbi David Sobel 
died in service of his faith and his country on March 
7, 1974. 
(18) Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cem-
etery memorializes the names of 242 chaplains who 
perished while serving on active duty in the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
(19) None of the 13 Jewish chaplains who have 
died while serving on active duty are memorialized 
on Chaplains Hill. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arling-
ton National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial 
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marker, to be paid for with private funds, to honor the 
memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active 
duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, so long 
as the Secretary of the Army has exclusive authority to 
approve the design and site of the memorial marker. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE SERVICE 
AND 
SACRIFICE 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO ARE 
SERVING IN, OR HAVE SERVED IN, OPER-
ATION 
ENDURING 
FREEDOM, 
OPERATION 
IRAQI 
FREEDOM, 
AND 
OPERATION 
NEW 
DAWN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) More than 2,000,000 members of the 
Armed Forces have deployed to the theaters of war 
since the commencement of Operation Enduring 
Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation 
New Dawn. 
(2) Hundreds of thousands of such members 
have deployed for multiple tours of duty, leaving 
their homes, their families, and in many cases, their 
civilian jobs. 
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