S.Amdt. 3296

SA 3296. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Begich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2941 submitted by Mr. Blumenthal and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 2, at the end, add the following:

SEC. 1085. RESTORATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF CLARK VETERANS CEMETERY BY AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--After an agreement is made between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States Government, Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the Philippines shall be treated, for purposes of section 2104 of title 36, United States Code, as a cemetery that the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Secretary of the Army decided under such section will become a permanent cemetery and the Commission shall restore, operate, and maintain Clark Veterans Cemetery (to the degree the Commission considers appropriate) under such section in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.

(b) Limitation on Future Burials.--Burials at the cemetery described in subsection (a) after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be limited to eligible veterans, as determined by the Commission, whose burial does not incur any cost to the Commission.