HR 12257 · 95th Congress · Cemeteries and funerals
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish cemetery memorial headstones or markers to commemorate veterans who die after being honorably discharged and whose remains are not recovered or identified.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1978-06-22)
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Removes the requirement that a veteran die in the service in order to be entitled to a memorial headstone or marker when the veteran's remains have not been recovered or identified or have been buried at sea.…
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Cosponsors (20)
16 Democrats4 Republicans