Official Summaries

Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act

This bill expands eligibility for a memorial headstone or marker for the spouse, surviving spouse, child, or dependent of a veteran or member of the Armed Forces. Currently, for individuals whose remains are unavailable, such benefit is only available for individuals who died on or after November 11, 1998. The bill makes such individuals eligible regardless of the date they died.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1127

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans 
   Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2025

 Mr. Fetterman (for himself, Mr. McCormick, and Mr. Cramer) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans 
   Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998.

    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 ``Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS 
              FURNISHED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in 
subparagraphs (B) and (C) by striking ``who dies on or after November 
11, 1998,'' each place it appears.
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