Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Preserving Veterans’ Legacy Act of 2024”.
Preserving Veterans’ Legacy Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to burials, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Headstones and markers for groups of individuals buried in group interments
Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection (k):
“(k)
“(1) In lieu of a headstone or marker for an individual under this section, the Secretary may furnish a single appropriate headstone or marker for a group of individuals buried in a group interment if each individual of such group is eligible for a headstone or marker furnished under this section.
“(2) The authority to furnish a headstone or marker under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the date of the enactment of the Preserving Veterans’ Legacy Act of 2024.”
Sec. 3 Extension of authority for burial of spouses and dependent children who predecease veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces
Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “October 1, 2024” and inserting “October 1, 2031”.