A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the orderly expansion of the National Cemetery System, and for other purposes.

Summary

Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, not later than July 1, annually to report to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to expand the national cemetery system, together with a list of ten areas in the United States with the greatest need for additional burial space for veterans. Provides a contingent reporting date for the first such report. Requires upright grave markers in such national cemeteries, unless a specific request otherwise has been made by the deceased or their survivor. Requires the Administrator, by January 1, 1986, to designate for each cemetery in the national cemetery system a section for upright markers and a section for flat markers.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 January 1985

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