Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-6790
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness Act</b> </p> <p>This bill requires that headstones other than standard white uniform military grave markers be permitted in certain sections of Arlington National Cemetery. The bill places limits on certain aspects of the headstones, including limitations on size. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6790 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2022 Mrs. Rodgers of Washington 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Army to authorize the placement of certain types of private headstones in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness Act . 2. Placement of certain private headstones in Arlington National Cemetery (a) In general The Secretary of the Army shall authorize the placement in a covered area of Arlington National Cemetery of a private headstone if such headstone— (1) is placed within 20 feet of another private headstone; (2) is not larger than the plot on which it is placed; (3) meets the specifications provided in the Arlington National Cemetery Memorialization Policy, as in effect on December 31, 2016; (4) is not a ledger, marker of freestanding cross design, narrow shaft, mausoleum, or overground vault; and (5) does not exceed four feet in width and four feet in height, including both the base and the die. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term private headstone means a headstone other than a standard white uniform military grave marker. (2) The term covered area , with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, means an area within one of the original 13 sections of the cemetery that were designated for private markers.