S.Amdt. 4014

SA 4014. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED WITH
SPECIAL GUERRILLA UNITS OR IRREGULAR FORCES IN
LAOS FOR INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

(a) In General.--Section 2402(a)(10) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
or''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) who--
``(i) the Secretary determines served honorably with a
special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a
base in Laos in support of the Armed Forces at any time
during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending
on 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 amendments made by this section
shall have effect as if included in the enactment of section
251(a) of title II of the Military Construction, Veterans
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
(division J of Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 824).
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