[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5084 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5084

  To direct the Secretary of the Army to reserve a certain number of 
 burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for individuals who have 
        been awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2016

  Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Army to reserve a certain number of 
 burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for individuals who have 
        been awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Medal of Honor Legacy Act''.

SEC. 2. BURIAL PLOTS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR INDIVIDUALS 
              AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

    (a) Reservation.--Of the number of in-ground burial plots available 
at Arlington National Cemetery as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Army shall reserve 100 such plots to inter 
deceased individuals who have been awarded the Medal of Honor.
    (b) Termination.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall 
terminate on the date on which the Secretary of the Army to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the interment 
and inurnment capacity of Arlington National Cemetery that includes--
            (1) the estimated date that the Secretary determines the 
        cemetery will reach maximum interment and inurnment capacity; 
        and
            (2) in light of the unique and iconic meaning of the 
        cemetery to the United States, recommendations for legislative 
        actions and nonlegislative options that the Secretary 
        determines necessary to ensure that the maximum interment and 
        inurnment capacity of the cemetery is not reached until well 
        into the future, including such actions and options with 
        respect to--
                    (A) redefining eligibility criteria for interment 
                and inurnment in the cemetery; and
                    (B) considerations for additional expansion 
                opportunities beyond the current boundaries of the 
                cemetery.
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