National Cemetery Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5942 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5942

To require that national cemeteries be open to visitors on legal public 
                               holidays.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

    Mr. Downing (for himself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Moore of 
Alabama, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Wied, Mr. Ciscomani, 
Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Joyce of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to 
 the Committees on Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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 require that national cemeteries be open to visitors on legal public 
                               holidays.

    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 ``National Cemetery Access Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CEMETERIES OPEN ON LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    Each national cemetery administered by the Department of Defense, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the National Park Service shall 
be open to visitors on the legal public holidays described in section 
6103(a) of title 5, United States Code.
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