H.R. 918

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 918 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 918 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment of military working dogs in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment of military working dogs in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes. 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 ``Sgt. Fieldy Act''. SEC. 2. INTERMENT OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES. (a) Interment of Military Working Dogs.--Section 2402 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(c)(1) In addition to the persons specified in subsection (a), under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the remains of any covered dog may be interred in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration. ``(2) In this subsection, the term `covered dog' means a deceased dog that, at any time before death, was a military working dog, as described in section 2583(i) of title 10.''. (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the day that is one year before the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>