legislation: 98-s-2953
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| 98-s-2953 | 98 | s | 2953 | A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the use of upright grave markers in national Veterans Administration Cemeteries. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1984-08-10 | 1984-08-23 | Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 3 | Amends the national cemeteries and memorials provisions of Federal law to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright unless the deceased or the deceased's survivor requests a flat marker. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate within each national cemetery a section with flat markers and a section with upright markers. | 2025-01-14T17:02:09Z |