Political Quotes

“in lieu of the committee amendment, I offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Stump: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. DENIAL OF ELIGIBILITY FOR INTERMENT OR MEMORIALIZATION IN CERTAIN CEMETERIES OF PERSONS COMMITTING FEDERAL CAPITAL CRIMES. (a) Prohibition Against Interment or Memorialization in Certain Federal Cemeteries.--Chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 2411. Prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery System or Arlington National Cemetery of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes ``(a)(1) In the case of a person described in subsection (b), the appropriate Federal official may not-- ``(A) inter the remains of such person in a cemetery in the National Cemetery System or in Arlington National Cemetery; or ``(B) honor the memory of such person in a memorial area in a cemetery in the National Cemetery System (described in section 2403(a) of this title) or in such an area in Arlington National Cemetery (described in section 2409(a) of this title).”