To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries.

Authorizes the burial in a national cemetery of a parent of a deceased veteran who, at the time of the parent's death, does not have a spouse, surviving spouse, or child who has been interred, or who, if deceased, would be eligible to be interred, in a national cemetery.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 761 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 761

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility 
   of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national 
                              cemeteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2009

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility 
   of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national 
                              cemeteries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES OF PARENTS OF CERTAIN 
              DECEASED VETERANS.

    (a) Interment of Parents of Certain Deceased Veterans.--Section 
2402 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
    ``(9) If the Secretary determines there is enough space in open 
national cemeteries, the parent of a person listed in any of paragraphs 
(1) through (4) or paragraph (7) who, at the time of the parent's 
death, does not have a spouse, surviving spouse, or child who has been 
interred, or who, if deceased, would be eligible to be interred, in a 
national cemetery pursuant to paragraph (5).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Paragraph (9) of section 2402 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall apply with respect to the death of an 
eligible parent on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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