,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjad ,ms4 
,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,bishop of    
,utah1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and 
,mr4 ,simpson7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide priority for  
the establishment of new national       
cemeteries by the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans ,national 
,remembrance ,act4  #b4 ,establishment  
of new national cemeteries by the       
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7   
,in general ,section #bdjd of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7i7  7#a7 ,in selecting a  
location for the establishment of a new 
national cemetery under this chapter1   
the ,secretary shall--  7,a7 give       

priority to a location in accordance    
with paragraph 7#b72 and  7,b7 with     
respect to a location given such        
priority1 ensure that the location is   
within #aj miles of the location that   
the ,secretary determines likely to have
 a significant amount of the population 
to be served by such national cemetery  
during the #be-year period following    
such establishment4  7#b7  7,a7 ,except 
as provided by subparagraph 7,c71 in    
selecting a location for the            
establishment of a new national cemetery
 under this chapter1 the ,secretary     
shall give priority to a ,state that    
does not have a national cemetery4  7,b7
 ,in determining priority among more    
than one ,state described in            
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary shall 
give priority to the ,state that has the
 largest population of veterans4  7,c7  
,after any time that the ,secretary     
establishes two national cemeteries in  
accordance with the priority described  
in subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary may

 waive the requirements of such priority
 in establishing the national cemetery  
that immediately follows such two       
national cemeteries if the ,secretary   
determines that such waiver will allow  
the ,secretary to establish a national  
cemetery that will serve a larger       
population of veterans as compared to   
establishing a national cemetery in     
accordance with such priority4  7#c7 ,in
 this subsection1 the term national     
cemetery--  7,a7 includes--  7i7 the    
cemeteries described in section         
#bdjj7;b7 of this title2 and  7ii7 any  
traditional or vaulted internments--    
7,i7 located on land that is larger than
 #bj acres2 and  7,,ii7 administered and
 operated by employees of the           
,department2 and  7,b7 does not include 
facilities of the ,national ,cemetery   
,administration that are located in     
rural areas to serve small populations  
of veterans 7commonly known as ,national
 ,burial ,grounds74  4  7b7             
,construction ,subsection 7i7 of section

 #bdjd of title #ch1 ,united ,states    
,code1 as added by subsection 7a71 may  
not be construed as affecting the plans 
of the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1
 as of the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 to establish ,national ,burial   
,grounds or ,national ,columbariums4