Loved Ones Interment Act

Bill: 118-hr-9804
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2024-09-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9804 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2024 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mrs. Radewagen , and Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorized the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain veterans for whom urns were previously furnished when such veterans are interred with other eligible individual, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Loved Ones Interment Act . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs headstones and markers for certain cremated veterans interred with other eligible individuals Section 2306(h)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (2) by striking If the Secretary and inserting (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph (B): (B) In the case of a deceased individual referred to in subsection (a) who is cremated and for whom an urn or commemorative plaque is furnished under paragraph (1), the Secretary may also furnish a headstone or marker for the individual if— (i) the individual is interred at the same burial site as another individual referred to in section 2402(a) of this title; (ii) the headstone or marker furnished includes information about both such individuals; and (iii) the inclusion of such information does not increase the cost of the headstone or marker beyond the maximum amount permitted under law. .