HR 4171 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To name the national cemetery to be constructed in Columbia, South Carolina, as the Floyd Spence National Cemetery at Fort Jackson, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

November 13, 2007

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. HAYES, Mr. TURNER, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. AKIN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WAMP, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. KINGSTON, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To name the national cemetery to be constructed in Columbia, South Carolina, as the Floyd Spence National Cemetery at Fort Jackson, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. NAME OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

(a) Name- The national cemetery to be constructed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the `Floyd Spence National Cemetery at Fort Jackson'. Any reference to such national cemetery in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Floyd Spence National Cemetery at Fort Jackson.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Memorial- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide for the placement in the national cemetery referred to in subsection (a) of a suitable memorial to honor the memory of Floyd Spence and his service to the United States.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink