Mark Our Place Act

Bill: 118-hr-6507
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2023-11-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military history

Monuments and memorials

U.S. history

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Mark Our Place Act</strong></p><p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone, marker, or medallion signifying the status of a deceased member of the Armed Forces as a Medal of Honor recipient regardless of when the member served. Under current law, only Medal of Honor recipients who served after 1917 are eligible for such markers.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6507 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 29, 2023 Mr. Luttrell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish or replace a headstone, marker, or medallion for the grave of an eligible Medal of Honor recipient regardless of the recipient’s dates of service in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mark Our Place Act . 2. Expansion of eligibility for Government-furnished headstone, marker, or medallion for Medal of Honor recipients (a) In general Section 2306(d)(5)(C) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking clause (i); (2) in clause (ii), by inserting (except that subparagraph (B)(i) of such paragraph shall not apply) after paragraph (4) ; and (3) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. (b) Technical correction Section 2306(d)(5) of such title is amended by striking section 491 both places it appears and inserting section 2732 .