Bill > HR4928

This bill, known as the GRAVE Act (Giving Reservists A Valiant Eternity Act), aims to expand eligibility for government-provided headstones or grave markers for certain members of military Reserve forces. Specifically, the bill modifies existing veterans' law to allow Reserve members who do not qualify as full veterans (because they have not met the minimum active-duty service requirements) to still receive a government-provided headstone or grave marker. Previously, these Reserve members may have been ineligible for such memorial markers. By changing the language in section 2306(a) of title 38 of the United States Code, the bill ensures that Reserve members who did not serve the full minimum active-duty time can still be honored with an official grave marker, recognizing their service and sacrifice to the nation even if they did not complete the standard requirements to be classified as a full veteran.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4928/all-info