I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 430
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2009
Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. McHenry, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Carter, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Jones, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Mr. Gallegly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property.
Short Title
This Act may be cited as the
Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris
Act
.
Criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property
Section 1369 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in the heading by
inserting , headstones, and
graves
after memorials
;
in subsection (a)—
by striking
willfully
and inserting knowingly
;
by striking
on public property
;
by striking
armed forces
and inserting Armed Forces
;
and
by inserting
, or any grave or headstone or marker marking the grave of any such
person,
after United States
;
in subsection
(b)(2) by inserting grave, headstone, marker,
after
statue,
; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
For the purposes of this section, the term grave includes any object placed on such grave to commemorate the veteran or member of the Armed Forces of the United States buried in such grave.
.