A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the use of upright grave markers in national Veterans' Administration cemeteries.

Summary

Amends the national cemeteries and memorials provisions of Federal law to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright unless the deceased or the deceased's survivor requests a flat marker. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate within each national cemetery a section with flat markers and a section with upright markers.

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Timeline

1. 28 March 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 April 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from OMB, VA.

   Source: Committee

4. 22 May 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 28 March 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

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