119-hr3642

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3642 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3642

 To permit the remains of certain members of the armed forces who died 
 in line of duty to lie in honor in the rotunda of the United States 
 Capitol, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on House Administration

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 A BILL

 To permit the remains of certain members of the armed forces who died 
 in line of duty to lie in honor in the rotunda of the United States 
 Capitol, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Final Honors Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING REMAINS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES WHO DIED 
 IN LINE OF DUTY TO LIE IN HONOR IN CAPITOL ROTUNDA.

    (a) Request of Surviving Next of Kin.--

    (1) Request.--At the request of the primary surviving next 
 of kin of a member of the Armed Forces who dies from an injury 
 incurred in line of duty (unless such injury is covered by an 
 exclusion under 

section 105 of title 38, United States Code), 
 the remains of the member shall be permitted to lie in honor in 
 the rotunda of the United States Capitol.

    (2) Notification of next of kin.--The Secretary concerned 
 shall notify the primary surviving next of kin of a member of 
 the Armed Forces described in paragraph

    (1) pursuant to 

section 562 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 10 U.S.C. 1475 note). For purposes of 
 this paragraph, the term ``Secretary concerned'' has the 
 meaning given such term in 

section 101

    (9) of title 10, United 
 States Code.

    (b) Responsibilities of the Architect of the Capitol.--The 
Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
shall take such steps as the Architect considers appropriate to carry 
out this Act, including determining the date and time during which the 
remains of a member of the Armed Forces shall be permitted to lie in 
honor and establishing regulations to determine who is the primary 
surviving next of kin of the member.
            (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply with respect to a member 
of the Armed Forces who dies on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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