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Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024

S. 2181 · 118th Congress · Jan 4, 2025 · Lineage

AN ACT

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to extend authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024”.

Sec. 2 Extension of entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals

Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “September 30, 2025” both places it appears and inserting “September 30, 2032”.

Sec. 3 Extension of authority to bury remains of certain spouses and children in national cemeteries

Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “September 30, 2025” and inserting “September 30, 2032”.