HR 12217 · 93th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide appropriate ceremonies with respect to the burial of veterans in national cemeteries.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1974-01-22)
Plain Language Summary
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Provides for appropriate ceremonies with respect to the burial of deceased veterans in national cemeteries upon the request of the immediate family. Provides that such ceremonies shall be provided without assessment of costs and shall include a chaplain, the use of available cemetery chapel, a U.S. flag to drape the casket, and military personnel to serve in the funeral. (Amends 38, U.S.C. 1004)…
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