,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cejf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ae1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,mc,dermott 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 amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of the ,army to permit visitors to leave
 appropriate items on gravesites and    
markers located in section #fj of       
,arlington ,national ,cemetery1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,honor ,our    
,fallen ,heroes ,with ,dignity ,act of  
#bjac4  #b4 ,treatment of items placed  
at gravesites in section #fj of         
,arlington ,national ,cemetery  7a7 ,in 
general ,chapter #bd of title #ch1      

,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #bdae4 ,treatment of items    
placed at gravesites in section #fj of  
,arlington ,national ,cemetery  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,secretary of the ,army    
shall permit visitors to leave          
appropriate items on any gravesite or   
,government-furnished marker located in 
section #fj4  7b7 ,appropriate items    
,for purposes of this section an        
appropriate item is any item that--     
7#a7 does not present a safety or health
 concern1 as determined by the          
,secretary of the ,army2  7#b7 is not   
permanently affixed to a                
,government-furnished marker2 and  7#c7 
does not interfere with the normal      
operations and maintenance procedures of
 ,arlington ,national ,cemetery4  7c7   
,collection of items  7#a7 ,in the case 
of any item left on a gravesite1        
headstone1 or marker in section #fj that
 is determined not to be an appropriate 
item by reason of paragraph 7#a7 or 7#c7

 of subsection 7b71 the ,history ,office
 of ,arlington ,national ,cemetery shall
 collect1 catalog1 and store the item4  
7#b7 ,at the end of each calendar month1
 the ,history ,office shall collect all 
items left on gravesites and headstones 
and markers furnished under section     
#bcjf of this title and catalog and     
store such items4  7d7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3  7#a7 ,the term section   
#fj means section #fj of ,arlington     
,national ,cemetery4  7#b7 ,the term    
,government-furnished marker means a    
headstone or marker furnished under     
section #bcjf of this title4  4  7b7    
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item3  #bdae4         
,treatment of items placed at gravesites
 in section #fj of ,arlington ,national 
,cemetery4  4