Honor Our Fallen Heroes With Dignity Act of 2013

Honor Our Fallen Heroes With Dignity Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to permit visitors to leave on any gravesite or government-furnished marker located in section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery any item that: (1) does not present a safety or health concern, (2) is not permanently affixed to such marker, and (3) does not interfere with the normal operations and maintenance procedures of the Cemetery.

Requires the History Office of Arlington National Cemetery: (1) to collect, catalog, and store any other items left on a gravesite, headstone, or marker in section 60; and (2) at the end of each calendar month, to collect, catalog, and store all items left on gravesites, headstones, and government-furnished markers.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3506 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3506

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the 
 Army to permit visitors to leave appropriate items on gravesites and 
 markers located in section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2013

Mr. McDermott introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the 
 Army to permit visitors to leave appropriate items on gravesites and 
 markers located in section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honor Our Fallen Heroes With Dignity 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF ITEMS PLACED AT GRAVESITES IN SECTION 60 OF 
              ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2415. Treatment of items placed at gravesites in section 60 of 
              Arlington National Cemetery
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall permit visitors 
to leave appropriate items on any gravesite or Government-furnished 
marker located in section 60.
    ``(b) Appropriate Items.--For purposes of this section an 
appropriate item is any item that--
            ``(1) does not present a safety or health concern, as 
        determined by the Secretary of the Army;
            ``(2) is not permanently affixed to a Government-furnished 
        marker; and
            ``(3) does not interfere with the normal operations and 
        maintenance procedures of Arlington National Cemetery.
    ``(c) Collection of Items.--(1) In the case of any item left on a 
gravesite, headstone, or marker in section 60 that is determined not to 
be an appropriate item by reason of paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection 
(b), the History Office of Arlington National Cemetery shall collect, 
catalog, and store the item.
    ``(2) At the end of each calendar month, the History Office shall 
collect all items left on gravesites and headstones and markers 
furnished under section 2306 of this title and catalog and store such 
items.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `section 60' means section 60 of Arlington 
        National Cemetery.
            ``(2) The term `Government-furnished marker' means a 
        headstone or marker furnished under section 2306 of this 
        title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2415. Treatment of items placed at gravesites in section 60 of 
                            Arlington National Cemetery.''.
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