A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Veteran's Administration to furnish memorial headstones or markers to commemorate veterans who by choice are buried at sea, who donate their bodies to science, or who are cremated and have their ashes scattered without interment.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

5 February 1981

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Status

For Further Action See H.R.3995.

Summary

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker to commemorate any veteran whose remains are unavailable because of a donation to science, a burial at sea, or other causes. Directs the Administrator to set aside suitable areas in national cemeteries to honor such veterans.

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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 2 June 1981
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 19 May 1981
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 February 1981
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/1714
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/1714