To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I.

This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is unable to locate any next of kin of a deceased World War I veteran who is eligible for a VA headstone or marker, or would be eligible except for the date of such individual's death, a private cemetery may request the VA to furnish a headstone or marker for the grave or a medallion or other device to signify the individual's veteran status.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4565 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4565

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries 
             for graves of certain veterans of World War I.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2017

  Mr. Tipton 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 direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries 
             for graves of certain veterans of World War I.

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

SECTION 1. REQUESTS BY PRIVATE CEMETERIES FOR HEADSTONES OR MARKERS FOR 
              GRAVES OF CERTAIN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I.

    Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(6)(A) If the Secretary is unable to identify any next of kin of 
a deceased individual described in subparagraph (B), a private cemetery 
may request the Secretary to furnish--
            ``(i) a headstone or marker for the grave of the deceased 
        individual pursuant to paragraph (1); or
            ``(ii) a medallion or other device to signify the deceased 
        individual's status as a veteran pursuant to paragraph (4).
    ``(B) A deceased individual described in this subparagraph is an 
individual who--
            ``(i) served in the Armed Forces during World War I; and
            ``(ii) is eligible for a headstone or marker furnished 
        under paragraph (1) (or would be so eligible but for the date 
        of the death of the individual).''.
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