H.R. 4335 · 115th Congress

Servicemember Family Burial Act

Stage
Passed a chamber
Sponsor
J. Correa
Introduced
2017-11-09
Latest action
2018-05-08 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summary

Servicemember Family Burial Act

This bill revises eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-provided memorial headstones and markers that commemorate individuals whose remains are unavailable. The bill makes eligible the spouse or eligible dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving on active duty under other than dishonorable conditions at the time of the spouse's or child's death.

The spouse, minor child, and, in the VA's discretion, unmarried adult child of such a member of the Armed Forces may be buried in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.