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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries.

H.R. 2573 · 114th Congress · May 22, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Department of Veterans Affairs furnished headstones and markers for graves of veterans’ spouses

(a)
In general— Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking “section 2402(a)(4), (5), and (6)” and inserting “section 2402(a)(4) and (6)”; and
(B)
in paragraph (4), by striking “section 2402(a)(5)” and all that follows through the period and inserting the following: “paragraph (5) or (9) of section 2402(a) of this title who is buried in any cemetery in the United States.”; and
(2)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by inserting “, (4),” after “paragraph (2)”; and
(B)
in paragraph (4), by inserting “, or as a dependent of a veteran” after “status as a veteran”.
(b)
Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after November 11, 1998.