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Union Calendar No. 45 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1627 
[Report No. 112–84, Part I] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements 
for the placement of monuments in Arlington National Cemetery, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. LAMBORN, 
and Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
MAY 20, 2011 
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 20, 2011 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain 
requirements for the placement of monuments in Arling-
ton National Cemetery, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Honoring American Vet-
erans Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF MONU-
MENTS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
Section 2409(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Under’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Under’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of the Army’’ 
the following: ‘‘and subject to paragraph (2)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2)(A) Except for a monument containing or mark-
ing interred remains, no monument (or similar structure, 
as determined by the Secretary of the Army in regulations) 
may be placed in Arlington National Cemetery except pur-
suant to the provisions of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) A monument may be placed in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery if the monument commemorates— 
‘‘(i) the service in the Armed Forces of the indi-
vidual, or group of individuals, whose memory is to 
be honored by the monument; or 
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‘‘(ii) a particular military event. 
‘‘(C) No monument may be placed in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery until the end of the 25-year period begin-
ning— 
‘‘(i) in the case of the commemoration of service 
under subparagraph (B)(i), on the last day of the pe-
riod of service so commemorated; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of the commemoration of a par-
ticular military event under subparagraph (B)(ii), on 
the last day of the period of the event. 
‘‘(D) A monument may be placed only in those sections 
of Arlington National Cemetery designated by the Secretary 
of the Army for such placement and only on land the Sec-
retary determines is not suitable for burial. 
‘‘(E) A monument may only be placed in Arlington 
National Cemetery if an appropriate non-governmental en-
tity has agreed to act as a sponsoring organization to co-
ordinate the placement of the monument and— 
‘‘(i) the construction and placement of the monu-
ment are paid for only using funds from private 
sources; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Army consults with the 
Commission of Fine Arts before approving the design 
of the monument; and 
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