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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2039
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2013
Ms. Titus (for
herself, Mrs. Kirkpatrick,
Mr. Cole, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms.
McCollum, Mrs.
Christensen, Mr. Cárdenas,
and Mr. Takano) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain
deceased veterans buried in veterans’ cemeteries of Indian
tribes.
1.
Headstones and markers for
placement in tribal veterans’ cemeteries
Section 2306 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection
(a)(4), by inserting or in a veterans’ cemetery on land owned by or held
in trust for a tribal organization (as defined in section 3765(4) of this
title) after State; and
(2) in subsection
(b)(1), by inserting a veterans’ cemetery on land owned by or held in
trust for a tribal organization, after a veterans’ cemetery
owned by a State,.