{"id":6010,"date":"2019-06-01T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2019-06-01T09:39:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:39:49","slug":"public-law-115-136-an-act-to-amend-title-38-united-states-code-to-provide-for-a-consistent-eligibility-date-for-provision-of-department-of-veterans-affairs-memorial-headstones-and-markers-for-el","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010","title":{"rendered":"Public Law 115 &#8211; 136 &#8211; An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[115th Congress Public Law 136]<br \/>\n[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-pdf-viewer\" src=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ136.pdf\" height=\"1000\" width=\"100%\" title=\"PLAW 115publ136\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ136.pdf\" title=\"PLAW 115publ136\">PLAW 115publ136<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[[Page 132 STAT. 343]]<\/p>\n<p>Public Law 115-136<br \/>\n115th Congress<\/p>\n<p>An Act<\/p>\n<p>To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent<br \/>\neligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs<br \/>\nmemorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent<br \/>\nchildren of veterans whose remains are unavailable. &lt;&lt;NOTE: Mar. 16,<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; [H.R. 3656]&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the<br \/>\nUnited States of America in Congress assembled,<br \/>\nSECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS&#8217; SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN<br \/>\nWHOSE REMAINS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR<br \/>\nDEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS<br \/>\nMEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS.<\/p>\n<p>Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended&#8211;<br \/>\n(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking &#8220;The&#8221; and inserting<br \/>\n&#8220;An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is<br \/>\nthe&#8221;; and<br \/>\n(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking &#8220;An&#8221; and inserting<br \/>\n&#8220;An individual who dies on or after November 11, 1998, who is<br \/>\nan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Approved March 16, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY&#8211;H.R. 3656:<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-387 (Comm. on Veterans&#8217; Affairs).<br \/>\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD:<br \/>\nVol. 163 (2017):<br \/>\nNov. 6, considered and passed House.<br \/>\nVol. 164 (2018):<br \/>\nMar. 1, considered and passed<br \/>\nSenate.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;all&gt;<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-share-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010&text=Public+Law+115+%E2%80%93+136+%E2%80%93+An+act+to+amend+title+38%2C+United+States+Code%2C+to+provide+for+a+consistent+eligibility+date+for+provision+of+Department+of+Veterans+Affairs+memorial+headstones+and+markers+for+eligible+spouses+and+dependent+children+of+veterans+whose+remains+are+unavailable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010&title=Public+Law+115+%E2%80%93+136+%E2%80%93+An+act+to+amend+title+38%2C+United+States+Code%2C+to+provide+for+a+consistent+eligibility+date+for+provision+of+Department+of+Veterans+Affairs+memorial+headstones+and+markers+for+eligible+spouses+and+dependent+children+of+veterans+whose+remains+are+unavailable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010&description=Public+Law+115+%E2%80%93+136+%E2%80%93+An+act+to+amend+title+38%2C+United+States+Code%2C+to+provide+for+a+consistent+eligibility+date+for+provision+of+Department+of+Veterans+Affairs+memorial+headstones+and+markers+for+eligible+spouses+and+dependent+children+of+veterans+whose+remains+are+unavailable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinterest<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[115th Congress Public Law 136] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] PLAW 115publ136 [[Page 132 STAT. 343]] Public Law 115-136 115th Congress An Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=6010\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-and-private-laws-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions\/6012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}