1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act of 2019”.
Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure the Secretary of Veterans Affairs permits the display of Battlefield Crosses in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.
2. Display of Battlefield Crosses in national cemeteries
Section 2403 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(d)
“(1) The Secretary may not prohibit the display of a Battlefield Cross in any national cemetery.
“(2) In this subsection, the term Battlefield Cross means a memorial monument in honor of fallen members of the Armed Forces that may include a replica of an inverted rifle, boots, helmets, and identification tag.”