,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cajf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ag1      
#bjac,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana 7for     
herself1 ,mr4 ,messer1 ,mr4 ,stutzman1  
and ,mr4 ,rokita7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs and the ,secretary
 of the ,army to reconsider decisions to
 inter or honor the memory of a person  
in a national cemetery1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,alicia ,dawn ,koehl
 ,respect for ,national ,cemeteries     
,act4  #b4 ,authority to reconsider     
decisions of ,secretary of ,veterans    
,affairs or ,secretary of the ,army to  

inter the remains or honor the memory of
 a person in a national cemetery  7a7   
,authority ,to reconsider prior         
decisions ,section #bdaa of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by redesignating subsection 7d7 as     
subsection 7e72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7c7 the following new  
subsection 7d73  7d7 7#a7 ,in a case    
described in paragraph 7#b77;,a71 the   
appropriate ,federal official may       
reconsider a decision to-- 7,a7 inter   
the remains of a person in a cemetery in
 the ,national ,cemetery ,administration
 or in ,arlington ,national ,cemetery2  
or  7,b7 honor the memory of a person in
 a memorial area in a cemetery in the   
,national ,cemetery ,administration     
7described in section #bdjc7;a7 of this 
title7 or in such an area in ,arlington 
,national ,cemetery 7described in       
section #bdji7;a7 of this title74  7#b7 
7,a7 ,a case described in this paragraph
 is a case in which the appropriate     
,federal official receives information  

that a person described in subparagraph 
7,b7 may have committed a ,federal      
capital crime or a ,state capital crime 
but was not convicted of such crime by  
reason of such person not being         
available for trial due to death or     
flight to avoid prosecution4  7,b7 ,a   
person described in this subparagraph is
 a person-- 7i7 whose remains have been 
interred in a cemetery in the ,national 
,cemetery ,administration or in         
,arlington ,national ,cemetery2 or  7ii7
 whose memory has been honored in a     
memorial area in a cemetery in the      
,national ,cemetery ,administration or  
in such an area in ,arlington ,national 
,cemetery4  7#c7 7,a7 ,if in a case     
described in paragraph 7#b71 the        
appropriate ,federal official finds1    
based upon a showing of clear and       
convincing evidence and after an        
opportunity for a hearing in a manner   
prescribed by the appropriate ,federal  
official1 that the person had committed 
a ,federal capital crime or a ,state    

capital crime but had not been convicted
 of such crime by reason of such person 
not being available for trial due to    
death or flight to avoid prosecution1   
the appropriate ,federal official shall 
provide notice to the deceased person's 
next of kin or other person authorized  
to arrange burial or memorialization of 
the deceased person of the decision of  
the appropriate ,federal official to    
disinter the remains of the deceased    
person or to remove a memorial headstone
 or marker memorializing the deceased   
person4  7,b7 ,notice under subparagraph
 7,a7 shall be provided by the          
appropriate ,federal official as        
follows3 7i7 ,by the ,secretary in      
accordance with section #eajd of this   
title4  7ii7 ,by the ,secretary of      
,defense in accordance with such        
regulations as the ,secretary of        
,defense shall prescribe for purposes of
 this subsection4  7#d7 7,a7            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the next of kin or other person    

authorized to arrange burial or         
memorialization of the deceased person  
shall be allowed a period of #fj days   
from the date of the notice required by 
paragraph 7#c7 to file a notice of      
disagreement with the ,federal official 
that provided the notice4  7,b7 7i7 ,a  
notice of disagreement filed with the   
,secretary under subparagraph 7,a7 shall
 be treated as a notice of disagreement 
filed with the ,board of ,veterans'     
,appeals under chapter #ga of this      
title1 and shall be decided by the      
,board in accordance with the provisions
 of that chapter4  7ii7 ,a notice of    
disagreement filed with the ,secretary  
of ,defense under subparagraph 7,a7     
shall be decided in accordance with such
 regulations as the ,secretary of       
,defense shall prescribe for purposes of
 this subsection4  7#e7 ,when the       
decision of the appropriate ,federal    
official to disinter the remains or     
remove a memorial headstone or marker of
 the deceased person becomes final      

either by failure to appeal the decision
 in accordance with paragraph 7#d77;,a7 
or by a decision pursuant to paragraph  
7#d77;,b71 the appropriate ,federal     
official may take any of the following  
actions3 7,a7 ,disinter the remains of  
the person from the cemetery in the     
,national ,cemetery ,administration or  
in ,arlington ,national ,cemetery and   
provide for the reburial or other       
appropriate disposition of the          
disinterred remains in a place other    
than a cemetery in the ,national        
,cemetery ,administration or in         
,arlington ,national ,cemetery4  7,b7   
,remove from a memorial area in a       
cemetery in the ,national ,cemetery     
,administration or in ,arlington        
,national ,cemetery any memorial        
headstone or marker placed to honor the 
memory of the person4  4  7b7           
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any interment or memorialization     
conducted by the ,secretary of ,veterans

 ,affairs or the ,secretary of the ,army
 in a cemetery in the ,national         
,cemetery ,administration or in         
,arlington ,national ,cemetery after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act4    
#c4 ,disinterment of remains of ,michael
 ,lashawn ,anderson from ,fort ,custer  
,national ,cemetery  7a7 ,disinterment  
of remains ,the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall disinter the remains of  
,michael ,la,shawn ,anderson from ,fort 
,custer ,national ,cemetery4  7b7       
,notification of next-of-,kin ,the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall--
 7#a7 notify the next-of-kin of record  
for ,michael ,la,shawn ,anderson of the 
impending disinterment of his remains2  
and  7#b7 upon disinterment1 relinquish 
the remains to the next-of-kin of record
 for ,michael ,la,shawn ,anderson or1 if
 the next-of-kin of record for ,michael 
,la,shawn ,anderson is unavailable1     
arrange for an appropriate disposition  
of the remains4