[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6423 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6423

  To provide for the transportation of the remains of members of the 
  Armed Forces who died in a theater of combat operations when those 
                  remains are subsequently recovered.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the transportation of the remains of members of the 
  Armed Forces who died in a theater of combat operations when those 
                  remains are subsequently recovered.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Private First Class Billy MacLeod 
Respectful Return Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO 
              DIED IN A THEATER OF COMBAT OPERATIONS.

    Section 562(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364; 10 U.S.C. 1482 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``In the case'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) Current theaters of combat operations.--In the 
        case''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Transportation of remains from former theaters of 
        combat operations.--This section and section 1482(a)(8) of 
        title 10, United States Code, shall also apply in the case of 
        the remains of a member of the Armed Forces found after the 
        date of the enactment of the Private First Class Billy MacLeod 
        Respectful Return Act in any theater of combat operations of 
        the Armed Forces since April 6, 1917, who died while 
        participating in such operations. Such sections shall apply 
        with respect to the remains in the same manner as if the 
        remains were otherwise covered by section 1481 of such 
        title.''.
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