1. SUMMARY:
The primary purpose of this bill is to expand eligibility for memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It proposes to remove the date restrictions currently in place, allowing certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998, to become eligible for these memorial markers. The key change is the removal of the phrases "who dies on or after November 11, 1998" and "if such death occurs before September 30, 2025" from the relevant section of the U.S. Code. This would open up eligibility for memorial headstones and markers to a broader range of individuals, regardless of their date of death. The affected groups are primarily deceased individuals who were previously ineligible due to the date restrictions in the existing legislation.