S.Amdt. 4502

SA 4502. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sullivan,
Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR INTERMENT
IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

(a) In General.--Section 2402(a) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(10) Any individual--
``(A) who--
``(i) was naturalized pursuant to section 2(1) of the Hmong
Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-207; 8
U.S.C. 1423 note); and
``(ii) at the time of the individual's death resided in the
United States; or
``(B) who--
``(i) the Secretary determines served with a special
guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in
Laos in support of the

[[Page S3581]]

Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the
period beginning February 28, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975;
and
``(ii) at the time of the individual's death--

``(I) was a citizen of the United States or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
States; and
``(II) resided in the United States.''.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to an individual dying on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
______