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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1627 
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 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF 
MONUMENTS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEM-
ETERY. 
Section 2409(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(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 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(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 regula-
tions) may be placed in Arlington National Cemetery ex-
cept pursuant 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 
‘‘(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 serv-
ice under subparagraph (B)(i), on the last day of the 
period of service so commemorated; and 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of the commemoration of a 
particular 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 sec-
tions of Arlington National Cemetery designated by the 
Secretary of the Army for such placement and only on 
land the Secretary 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 
monument are paid for only using funds from pri-
vate sources; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Army consults with 
the Commission of Fine Arts before approving the 
design of the monument; and 
‘‘(iii) the sponsoring organization provides for 
an independent study on the availability and suit-
ability of alternative locations for the proposed 
monument outside of Arlington National Cemetery. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Army may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (2)(C) in a case in which the 
monument would commemorate a group of individuals who 
the Secretary determines— 
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