S.Amdt. 4297

SA 4297. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS JOINT REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

(a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to
Congress a report that includes--
(1) a proposal for the construction of a new national
cemetery to be--
(A) capable of providing full military honors; and
(B) administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(2) the assessment of the Secretary of Defense with respect
to any revisions that should be made to the revised criteria
for interment at Arlington National Cemetery prescribed
pursuant to section 598 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law
115-232; 38 U.S.C. 2402 note) to ensure such criteria
recognize exceptional service and honors.
(b) Limitation on Revisions to Criteria.--The Secretary of
Defense may not make any revisions to the revised internment
criteria described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) until
the Secretary has submitted the report required under such
subsection.
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