Chaplains Memorial Preservation Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4365 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4365

To preserve the memorials to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2021

 Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. Keating) 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 preserve the memorials to chaplains at 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 ``Chaplains Memorial Preservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF MEMORIALS TO CHAPLAINS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL 
              CEMETERY.

    (a) Updates to Memorials.--The National Conference on Ministry to 
the Armed Forces, or any successor organization recognized in law for 
purposes of this Act, may, at no cost to the Federal Government--
            (1)(A) update the memorial to Protestant chaplains located 
        in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, with a granite, 
        marble, or other stone base to host the bronze plaque of the 
        memorial;
            (B) add an additional plaque to such base that includes the 
        name of each chaplain, verified as described in subsection (b), 
        who died while on active duty since the original memorial was 
        placed; and
            (C) make such other updates and corrections to the memorial 
        as may from time to time be needed as determined by the 
        National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces or such 
        successor organization; and
            (2) make such updates and corrections to the memorial to 
        Catholic chaplains and the memorial to Jewish chaplains located 
        in Arlington National Cemetery as may from time to time be 
        needed as determined by the National Conference on Ministry to 
        the Armed Forces or such successor organization.
    (b) Verification of Names.--The National Conference on Ministry to 
the Armed Forces, or any successor organization recognized in law for 
purposes of this Act, may verify with the Chief of Chaplains of the 
Army, the Chief of Chaplains of the Navy, the Chief of Chaplains for 
the Air Force and the Space Force, and such agencies of the Department 
of Defense as the Secretary of the Army considers appropriate, the 
names of chaplains for memorialization in Arlington National Cemetery.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed as 
authorizing the expansion of any monument or memorial that is located 
in Arlington National Cemetery as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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