FLORICH Act

FLORICH Act or the Founding Legacies of Reserve Integral Combat-training Heroes Act of 2015

This bill makes eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, any member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who dies while on inactive-duty training during a mission in which a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty also dies.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2852 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2852

    To provide for the eligibility for burial in Arlington National 
 Cemetery of certain members of reserve components of the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2015

 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
  Richmond, and Mr. Palazzo) 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 provide for the eligibility for burial in Arlington National 
 Cemetery of certain members of reserve components of the Armed Forces.

    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 ``FLORICH Act'' or ``Founding Legacies 
of Reserve Integral Combat-training Heroes Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR BURIAL IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY OF 
              CERTAIN MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS.

    (a) Eligibility for Burial.--A member of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces described in subsection (b) is eligible for burial in 
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
    (b) Eligible Member of a Reserve Component.--A member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces described in this subsection is a member 
of a reserve component who dies while serving on inactive-duty training 
during a mission during which a member of the Armed Forces serving on 
active duty also dies.
    (c) Savings Provision.--This section may not be construed to make 
ineligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery a person who is 
eligible to be buried in that cemetery under another provision of law.
    (d) Regulations.--This section shall be carried out under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
    (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``inactive-duty training'' has the meaning given such term under 
section 101(d)(7) of title 10, United States Code.
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