Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

Bill: 113-hr-4359
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2014-04-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Military education and training

National Guard and reserves

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a reserve component, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4359 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2014 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase on behalf of members of reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training but did not serve on active duty.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act . 2. Availability for purchase of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for members of reserve components who performed certain training Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) (1) The Secretary shall make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of an individual described in paragraph (2) or for the purpose of commemorating such an individual whose remains are unavailable. (2) An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who— (A) as a member of a reserve component performed inactive duty training or active duty for training, but did not serve on active duty; and (B) is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual’s separation from the Armed Forces or other cause. .