CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

John Cornyn (R-TX)

S.Amdt. 5867

S.Amdt. 5867 · Senate amendment

A Republican amendment with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment, submitted by Mr. Cornyn and Ms. Hirono, aims to change how decisions are made regarding the interment of remains or the honoring of a person's memory in a national cemetery.

The amendment proposes the following changes:

  • It updates Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, to specify that the authority to reconsider a decision applies to those made on or after June 18, 1973.

  • It changes the language used to describe tier III sex offenders by referencing section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911).

  • It clarifies that these rules apply to applications for memorialization or interment made on or after June 18, 1973.

  • It removes specific subsections from the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act and an Act approved on November 21, 1997, regarding persons committing Federal or State capital crimes.