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Union Calendar No. 351 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
[Report No. 114–459, Part I] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the burial of the 
cremated remains of persons who served as Women’s Air Forces Service 
Pilots in Arlington National Cemetery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2016 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mrs. BLACK, 
Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. CURBELO
of Florida, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. ASHFORD, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. WALORSKI, 
Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. GIB-
SON, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred 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 
MARCH 21, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mrs. NOEM, 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 
COFFMAN, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. LUMMIS, 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. OLSON, 
Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. ZINKE, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. BOST, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
FINCHER, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, 
Mr. DENHAM, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
DOLD, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, 
Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JODY B. HICE of 
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Georgia, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. 
LANCE, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. PALMER, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. EDWARDS, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 
Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
RENACCI, Mr. HONDA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
MURPHY of Florida, Mr. POCAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. RUSH, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KLINE, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. BABIN, Ms. 
DUCKWORTH, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. 
ROBY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GARRETT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
YOHO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SCHRADER, 
Mr. FORBES, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. COLE, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. MICA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BUCK, 
Mr. RATCLIFFE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. EMMER 
of Minnesota, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. NADLER, 
Mr. WALZ, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. POSEY, 
Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. KIL-
MER, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
TURNER, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. HARDY, Mr. JOLLY, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. NUGENT, 
Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KIND, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. 
PERRY, and Mrs. BUSTOS 
MARCH 21, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 21, 2016 
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 January 6, 2016] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
burial of the cremated remains of persons who served 
as Women’s Air Forces Service Pilots in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery. 
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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. BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS IN ARLINGTON 
NATIONAL CEMETERY OF CERTAIN PERSONS 
WHOSE SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2410 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
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 Cemetery 
with military burial 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 service 
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 Act.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to— 
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(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. 
(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 enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committees 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 
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maximum interment and inurnment capacity of the 
cemetery is not reached until well into the future, in-
cluding such actions and options with respect to— 
(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. 
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Union Calendar No. 351 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
[Report No. 114–459, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the burial of the cremated remains of persons 
who served as Women’s Air Forces Service Pilots 
in Arlington National Cemetery. 
MARCH 21, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with 
an amendment 
MARCH 21, 2016 
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 
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