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On the recordDecember 19, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 3523) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 3523 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 ``Full Military Honors Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. FULL MILITARY HONORS CEREMONY FOR CERTAIN VETERANS. Section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(3) The Secretary concerned shall provide full military honors (as determined by the Secretary concerned) for the funeral of a veteran who-- ``(A) is first interred or first inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after the date of the enactment of the Full Military Honors Act of 2018; ``(B) was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal; and ``(C) is not entitled to full military honors by the grade of that veteran.''. ____________________
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John Cornyn
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