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38 U.S.C. § 112 — Presidential memorial certificate program

submitted 61 years ago by Pub. L. 89-88 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 162 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the VA Secretary, at the President's request, send memorial certificates honoring deceased veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Multiple eligible people can each receive a certificate, but the program can't cover certain excluded deaths.

(a) At the President's request, the Secretary may run a program honoring the memory of deceased people eligible for national cemetery burial under section 2402(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7). The Secretary sends eligible recipients a certificate signed by the President, expressing the country's gratitude for the deceased's military service. Giving a certificate to one eligible recipient doesn't stop another eligible recipient from also getting one if they ask. (b) An "eligible recipient" means the next of kin, or — if they ask — a relative, friend, or authorized service representative acting for that relative or friend. (c) No certificate can be issued under this program for a deceased person described in section 2411(b).
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(a)

At the request of the President the Secretary may conduct a program for honoring the memory of deceased persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of this title, by preparing and sending to eligible recipients a certificate bearing the signature of the President and expressing the country’s grateful recognition of the deceased individual’s service in the Armed Forces. The award of a certificate to one eligible recipient will not preclude authorization of another certificate if a request is received from some other eligible recipient.

(b)

For the purpose of this section an “eligible recipient” means the next of kin, a relative or friend upon request, or an authorized service representative acting on behalf of such relative or friend.

(c)

A certificate may not be furnished under the program under subsection (a) on behalf of a deceased person described in section 2411(b) of this title.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 89–88, § 1(a), July 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 264; amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 107–330, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 2823; Pub. L. 112–154, title VI, § 603, Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1201; Pub. L. 114–315, title III, § 302(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1551.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1965Enacted · Pub. L. 89-88 · 79 Stat. 264
  • 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 404, 405
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-330 · 116 Stat. 2823
  • 2012Amended · Pub. L. 112-154 · 126 Stat. 1201
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-315 · 130 Stat. 1551

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-88 on 1965-07-24.

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