Servicemember Family Burial Act

Bill: 115-hr-4335
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Military personnel and dependents

Monuments and memorials

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Servicemember Family Burial Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-provided memorial headstones and markers that commemorate individuals whose remains are unavailable. The bill makes eligible the spouse or eligible dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving on active duty under other than dishonorable conditions at the time of the spouse's or child's death.</p> <p>The spouse, minor child, and, in the VA's discretion, unmarried adult child of such a member of the Armed Forces may be buried in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Mr. Correa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Family Burial Act . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty (a) Headstones and markers Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s death after veteran ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , or the eligible dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the child’s death after veteran . (b) Interment in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of such title is amended by inserting , and the spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Secretary, unmarried adult child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death after paragraph (7) .

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Family Burial Act . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty (a) Headstones and markers Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after veteran ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , or the eligible dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after veteran . (b) Interment in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of such title is amended by inserting , and the spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Secretary, unmarried adult child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after paragraph (7) .

Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4335 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2018 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemember Family Burial Act . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty (a) Headstones and markers Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , or the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after veteran ; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting , or the eligible dependent child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after veteran . (b) Interment in national cemeteries Section 2402(a)(5) of such title is amended by inserting , and the spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Secretary, unmarried adult child of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, as shown by a statement from a general court-martial convening authority, at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death if such death occurs before October 1, 2024 after paragraph (7) .

Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2018. Karen L. Haas, Clerk