To amend the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act to repeal the authorization for the provision of flat grave markers at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · July 13, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to replace all flat grave markers at Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico with upright grave markers by January 1, 2028, and ensures that only upright markers will be used for future burials at the cemetery. The legislation repeals a previous authorization that had allowed flat markers to be placed at this facility. The bill affects veterans and their families who are buried or will be buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, ensuring they receive the same dignified burial markers as veterans in other national cemeteries. Congress would authorize $15 million to fund the marker replacement project between fiscal years 2024 and 2028. The bill was introduced by New Mexico senators Ben Luján and Martin Heinrich in July 2023.
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