Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a 2-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate covered veterans.

Highlights:

• Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a 2-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate covered veterans (Sec. 2-3).

• Defines “Covered veterans” as veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and were released or discharged from service under conditions other than dishonorable (Sec. 2-3).

• Specifies that currently, these benefits are only available to eligible veterans who died on or after November 1, 1990 (Sec. 2-3).

• Requires the VA to update the National Cemetery Administration website with respect to the requirements for eligibility for a headstone or burial marker (Sec. 2-3).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text