,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aabf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjai,mr4 ,la,malfa 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4
 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,norman1 ,mr4 ,banks1 and ,mr4          
,cunningham7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
provide inscriptions for spouses and    
children on certain headstones and      
markers furnished by the ,secretary4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,honoring ,veterans' ,families  
,act4  #b4 ,provision of inscriptions   
for spouses and children on certain     
headstones and markers furnished by the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7   
,in general ,section #bcjf of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   

adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7i7  7#a7 ,in the case of  
an individual for whom the ,secretary   
has furnished a headstone or marker for 
the unmarked grave of the individual in 
a non-,,va cemetery under subsection 7a7
 or for whom the ,secretary has         
furnished a headstone or marker under   
subsection 7d71 the ,secretary may1 if  
feasible and upon request1 replace the  
headstone or marker to add an           
inscription for the surviving spouse or 
eligible dependent child of such        
individual following the death of the   
surviving spouse or eligible dependent  
child4  7#b7 ,if the spouse or eligible 
dependent child of an individual        
referred to in paragraph 7#a7           
predeceases the individual1 the         
,secretary may1 if feasible and upon    
request1 include an inscription for the 
spouse or dependent child on the        
headstone or marker furnished for the   
individual under subsection 7a7 or 7d74 
7#c7 ,in this section1 the term non-,,va

 cemetery means-- 7,a7 a veterans'      
cemetery owned by a ,state2 or  7,b7 a  
,state1 local1 tribal1 or private       
cemetery4  4  7b7 ,effective date       
,subsection 7i7 of section #bcjf of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by subsection 7a7 shall apply with
 respect to an individual who dies on or
 after ,october #a1 #bjah4