IIB
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 290
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 26, 2012
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
War Memorial Protection
Act
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Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military memorials
Authority
Chapter 21 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military memorials
Inclusion of religious symbols authorized
To recognize the religious background of members of the United States Armed Forces, religious symbols may be included as part of—
a military memorial that is established or acquired by the United States Government; or
a military memorial that is not established by the United States Government, but for which the American Battle Monuments Commission cooperated in the establishment of the memorial.
Military memorial defined
In this
section, the term military memorial
means a memorial or monument
commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces. The term includes
works of architecture and art described in section 2105(b) of this
title.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
2115. Inclusion of religious symbols as part of military memorials.
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Passed the House of Representatives January 24, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.