Hyperlawhypertext legal database An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.

PL-115-136 An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable. US

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Preamble

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1 — ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS' SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN

WHOSE REMAINS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS.

Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``The'' and inserting ``An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is the''; and (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``An'' and inserting ``An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is an''.

Approved March 16, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3656: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-387 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 163 (2017): Nov. 6, considered and passed House. Vol. 164 (2018): Mar. 1, considered and passed Senate.

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