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115th Congress > House > Vote 875
Clerk session vote number: 168
Sponsor: CORREA, Jose Luis (D-CA)
Description: Servicemember Family Burial Act
Bill summary: Servicemember Family Burial Act
This bill revises eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-provided memorial headstones and markers that commemorate individuals whose remains are unavailable. The bill makes eligible the spouse or eligible dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving on active duty under other than dishonorable conditions at the time of the spouse's or child's death.
The spouse, minor child, and, in the VA's discretion, unmarried adult child of such a
member of the Armed Forces may be buried in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.
Bill titles: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for headstones and markers for, and interment in national cemeteries of, deceased spouses and dependent children of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.
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