Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2437
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-01-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Congressional oversight

Veterans' organizations and recognition

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act</strong> <strong>of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Army to ensure that the cremated remains of persons who served as Women's Air Forces Service Pilots are eligible for inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2437 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 11, 2016 Ms. Mikulski (for herself and Mrs. Ernst ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act of 2016 . 2. Burial of cremated remains of Women’s Air Forces Service Pilots in Arlington National Cemetery (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 full military honors. (2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whose service as a member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots is considered 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). . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a person who dies before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.