HONORS Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10551 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10551

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit a retired member of 
 the Armed Forces to serve as a required member of the funeral honors 
                  detail for the funeral of a veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2024

   Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit a retired member of 
 the Armed Forces to serve as a required member of the funeral honors 
                  detail for the funeral of a veteran.

    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 ``Honoring Our Nation's Own Retired 
Servicemembers Act'' or the ``HONORS Act''.

SEC. 2. HONORS DETAIL FOR THE FUNERAL OF A VETERAN: REQUIRED MEMBERS 
              MAY BE RETIRED.

    Section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by inserting 
        ``, subject to paragraph (4)'' after ``other than members in a 
        retired status''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) The two members described in the first sentence of paragraph 
(2) may, with the consent of the family of the veteran, be members in a 
retired status if the Secretary concerned determines that--
            ``(A) no member who is not in a retired status is available 
        within 50 miles of the location of the funeral; or
            ``(B) use of members in a retired status is fiscally 
        necessary.''.
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