S.Amdt. 2683
What it does: Adds Sec. 227. (a) Prohibition on Interment or Memorialization in National Cemeteries or Arlington National Cemetery of Persons Committing Federal or State Sex Crimes.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to provide interments and memorializations in volation of section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) on page 46, between lines 2 and 3
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2642
Adds Sec. 227. (a) Prohibition on Interment or Memorialization in National Cemeteries or Arlington National Cemetery of Persons Committing Federal or State Sex Crimes.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to provide interments and memorializations in volation of section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) on page 46, between lines 2 and 3
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: Sec. 227. (a) Prohibition on Interment or Memorialization in National Cemeteries or Arlington National Cemetery of Persons Committing Federal or State Sex Crimes.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to provide interments and memorializations in volation of section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b).
Inserted: (b) Amendments.--Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
Inserted: (1) in subsection (b)--
Inserted: (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);
Inserted: (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs (3) and (4):
Inserted: "(3) A person who has been convicted of a Federal sex crime.
Inserted: "(4) A person who has been convicted of a State sex crime."; and
Inserted: (C) in paragraph (5)(A), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking "or a State capital crime" and inserting ", a State capital crime, a Federal sex crime, or a State sex crime";
Inserted: (2) in subsection (c), by striking "under subsection (b)(3)" and inserting "under subsection (b)(5)"; and
Inserted: (3) in subsection (d)--
Inserted: (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
Inserted: (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs (3) and (4):
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Inserted: "(3) The term 'Federal sex crime' means a criminal offense under Federal law that has an element involving a sexual act or sexual contact with another, including rape or sexual assault.
Inserted: "(4) The term 'State sex crime' means a criminal offense that is a felony under State law and has an element involving a sexual act or sexual contact with another, including rape or sexual assault.".
Inserted: (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to interments and memorializations in cemeteries of the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery that occur after the date of the enactment of this section.
Original wording
On page 46, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 2683. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2642, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:
On page 46, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
Sec. 227. (a) Prohibition on Interment or Memorialization in National Cemeteries or Arlington National Cemetery of Persons Committing Federal or State Sex Crimes.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to provide interments and memorializations in volation of section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b).
(b) Amendments.--Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs (3) and (4):
“(3) A person who has been convicted of a Federal sex crime.
“(4) A person who has been convicted of a State sex crime.”; and
(C) in paragraph (5)(A), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking “or a State capital crime” and inserting “, a State capital crime, a Federal sex crime, or a State sex crime”;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking “under subsection (b)(3)” and inserting “under subsection (b)(5)”; and
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs (3) and (4):
“(3) The term ‘Federal sex crime' means a criminal offense under Federal law that has an element involving a sexual act or sexual contact with another, including rape or sexual assault.
“(4) The term ‘State sex crime' means a criminal offense that is a felony under State law and has an element involving a sexual act or sexual contact with another, including rape or sexual assault.”.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to interments and memorializations in cemeteries of the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery that occur after the date of the enactment of this section.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 5, 2007