119-S2807

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2807

1. Short title
2. Applicability of authority to reconsider decisions to inter the remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Restoring the Sanctity of Public Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes Act of 2025" or the "RESPECT Act of 2025".

2. Applicability of authority to reconsider decisions to inter the remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery

(a) In general - Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) - in subsection (d)(1), by inserting "made on or after June 18, 1973," after "reconsider a decision"; and

(2) - in subsections (b)(4)(A), (b)(5)(A), (d)(2)(A)(ii), and (e)(1)(B), by striking "to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.)" each place it appears and inserting "to meet the definition of a tier III sex offender under section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911)".

(b) Conforming repeal - Section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113–65) is amended by striking subsection (c).