119-s2807

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2807 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2807

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the applicability of 
 the authority to reconsider decisions of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to inter the remains or honor the 
 memory of a person in a national cemetery, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 16, 2025

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. 
Scott of Florida, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which 
 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the applicability of 
 the authority to reconsider decisions of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to inter the remains or honor the 
 memory of a person in a national cemetery, 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 ``Restoring the Sanctity of Public 
Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes Act of 2025'' or the ``RESPECT 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY TO RECONSIDER DECISIONS TO INTER THE 
 REMAINS OR HONOR THE MEMORY OF A PERSON IN A NATIONAL 
 CEMETERY.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (d) (1) , by inserting ``made on or after 
 June 18, 1973,'' after ``reconsider a decision''; and

    (2) in subsections

    (b)

    (4)
        (A) ,

    (b)

    (5)
        (A) ,
            (d) (2)
        (A)
            (ii) , and

    (e)

    (1)
        (B) , by striking ``to be a tier III sex offender for 
 purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act 
 (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.)'' each place it appears and inserting 
 ``to meet the definition of a tier III sex offender under 
 

section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification 
 Act (34 U.S.C. 20911)''.

    (b) Conforming Repeal.--

Section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect 
for National Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113-65) is amended by striking 
subsection
            (c) .
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