105th Congress > Senate > Vote 106
Clerk session vote number: 106
Description: An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes.
Bill summary: Prohibits the appropriate Federal official from interring or memorializing in Arlington National Cemetery or in a cemetery of the National Cemetery System any person who: (1) has been convicted of a Federal or State capital crime for which the person was sentenced to death or life imprisonment; or (2) is found to have committed such a crime but who has not been convicted due to unavailability for trial because of death or flight to avoid prosecution. Provides that such prohibition shall not
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apply unless the appropriate Federal official receives written notice of such a conviction or finding from the Attorney General or appropriate State official before approving the application for interment or memorialization.
Conditions a State's receipt of certain Federal grants for establishing, expanding, or improving a veterans' cemetery on a prohibition against the interment or memorialization of such individuals at such cemetery subject to the receipt of such a notice.
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Bill titles: An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes.; A bill to deny veterans benefits to persons convicted of Federal capital offenses.
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