108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1265
To provide, upon the request of a qualifying person, for the removal
of the remains of any United States servicemember or other person interred in
an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery located in France or Belgium
and for the transportation of such remains to a location in the United States
for reinterment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2003
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL
To provide, upon the request of a qualifying person, for the removal
of the remains of any United States servicemember or other person interred in
an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery located in France or Belgium
and for the transportation of such remains to a location in the United States
for reinterment.
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 `American Heroes Repatriation Act of 2003'.
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF REMAINS OF PERSONS INTERRED IN UNITED STATES MILITARY CEMETERIES
IN FRANCE OR BELGIUM.
(a) REMOVAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS- The Secretary of Defense, upon application
of a qualifying person, shall provide for--
(1) the removal of the remains of any person interred in an American Battle
Monuments Commission cemetery located in France or Belgium from such cemetery;
and
(2) transportation of such remains to a location in the United States selected
by such qualifying person.
(b) ABMC ASSISTANCE- The American Battle Monuments Commission shall provide
the Secretary of Defense with whatever assistance the Secretary may require
in carrying out this section.
(c) QUALIFYING PERSONS- For purposes of this section, a qualifying person is
a person who, under section 1482(c) of title 10, United States Code, may be
designated to direct disposition of remains of a decedent.
(d) TIME FOR APPLICATION- An application under subsection (a) must be submitted
to the Secretary of Defense not later than the end of the two-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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