Congress 108 - HR 2076 - Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003

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Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Commemorations Crime and Law Enforcement Destruction of property Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Fines (Penalties) Grants-in-aid Highway finance Maintenance and repair Monuments and memorials Traffic signs and signals Transportation and Public Works Veterans' benefits Veterans' organizations

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Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003 -Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit willfully desecrating a monument on public property commemorating the service of any person in the U.S. armed forces where: (1) the defendant travels in, or uses an instrumentality of, interstate or foreign commerce; or (2) the monument is located on Federal property.

Requires that veterans cemeteries be treated as sites permitting supplemental guide signs on Federal-aid highways.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to a State or qualified organization for up to 50 percent of the costs of the repair or restoration of a veterans memorial.

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Jun 25, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
May 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
May 13, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 13, 2003

Introduced in House

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