§ 112. Presidential memorial certificate program

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–88 § 1(a) · 79 Stat. 264

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 112

   Added Pub. L. 89–88, § 1(a), July 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 264

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 89–88, § 1(a), July 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 264

2. 1991

   Pub. L. 102–83 § 4(b)(1) · 105 Stat. 378

   Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 112(a)

   Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Title 38 is further amended by striking out “Administrator” and “Administrator’s” each place they appear (except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (9) and including where they appear in section headings and tables of sections) and inserting in lieu thereof “Secretary” and “Secretary’s”, respectively.

3. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–330 title II § 201(a) · 116 Stat. 2820

   Added · 38 U.S.C. § 112(c)

   Pub. L. 107–330 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–330 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Presidential Memorial Certificate.— Section 112 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) A certificate may not be furnished under the program under subsection (a) on behalf of a deceased person described in section 2411(b) of this title.”

4. 2012

   Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–154 title VI § 603 · 126 Stat. 1165

   1. Inserted · 38 U.S.C. § 112(a)

      Pub. L. 112–154 inserted “and persons who died in the active military, naval, or air service,” after “under honorable conditions,”

   2. Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 112(a)

      Pub. L. 112–154 substituted “deceased individual’s” for “veteran’s”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–154 inserted “and persons who died in the active military, naval, or air service,” after “under honorable conditions,” and substituted “deceased individual’s” for “veteran’s”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 603. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIAL CERTIFICATES TO PERSONS WHO DIED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR SERVICE.   Section 112(a) is amended— (1) by inserting “and persons who died in the active military, naval, or air service,” after “under honorable conditions,”; and (2) by striking “veteran’s” and inserting “deceased individual’s”.

5. 2016

   Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016

   Pub. L. 114–315 title III § 302(a) · 130 Stat. 1536

   Substituted · 38 U.S.C. § 112(a)

   Pub. L. 114–315 substituted “persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of this title,” for “veterans, discharged under honorable conditions, and persons who died in the active military, naval, or air service,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–315 substituted “persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of this title,” for “veterans, discharged under honorable conditions, and persons who died in the active military, naval, or air service,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 112(a) is amended by striking “veterans,” and all that follows through “service,” and inserting the following: “persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of this title,”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 114–315, title III, § 302(b), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1551, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to the death of a person eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of title 38, United States Code, occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 16, 2016].”

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