Barbara Boxer: “I ask unanimous consent that the Sanders amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the Sanders amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2146) was agreed to, as follows: Strike section 2 and insert the following new section 2: SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO RECONSIDER DECISIONS OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO INTER THE REMAINS OR HONOR THE MEMORY OF A PERSON IN A NATIONAL CEMETERY. (a) Authority To Reconsider Prior Decisions.--Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections: ``(d)(1) In a case described in subsection (e), the appropriate Federal official may reconsider a decision to-- ``(A) inter the remains of a person in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery; or ``(B) honor the memory of a person in a memorial area in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration (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).…”