June 4, 2025
Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain veterans for whom urns were previously furnished when such veterans are interred with other eligible individuals, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Loved Ones Interment Act
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Sec. 2. Department of Veterans Affairs headstones and markers for certain cremated veterans interred with other eligible individuals
Section 2306(h)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
(2)
by striking If the Secretary
and inserting (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary
; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph (B):
(B)
In the case of a deceased individual referred to in subsection (a) who is cremated and for whom an urn or commemorative plaque is furnished under paragraph (1), the Secretary may also furnish a headstone or marker for the individual if—
(i)
the individual is interred at the same burial site as another individual referred to in section 2402(a) of this title;
(ii)
the headstone or marker furnished includes information about both such individuals; and
(iii)
the inclusion of such information does not increase the cost of the headstone or marker beyond the maximum amount permitted under law.