A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize memorialization of deceased spouses and surviving spouses of veterans and deceased members of the Armed Forces whose remains are not available for interment.

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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker for a deceased spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran whose remains are not available for interment (currently, only furnished for the veteran). Includes as a surviving spouse an unremarried surviving spouse who has a subsequent remarriage which was terminated by death or divorce. Directs the Secretary, when a memorial or marker has been furnished for a veteran, to add, when feasible, an inscription memorializing such veteran's surviving spouse in lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker for such spouse. Requires the erection of appropriate group memorials to honor the memory of such persons and of veterans who are missing in action.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 1998

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 1998

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• Introduced in Senate

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