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The Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (H.R. 1627) is a comprehensive, bipartisan, bicameral legislative package to provide for the needs of veterans, their families, and survivors through improved healthcare, housing, education, and memorial services. Designed to meet the challenges veterans face today, H.R. 1627 also expands the accountability and transparency of the Department of Veterans Affairs, ensuring VA is responsible to those it servesAmericas veterans.
Full text of the Act here: The Honoring Americaâs Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 | House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
There's even a jab at the Westboro Baptist Church:
Honoring the Fallen
While ensuring the freedom to protest, but protecting the rights and the honor of the families of the fallen, those wishing to protest military funerals, or at national cemeteries, shall be subject to restrictions, and if violated, protesters shall be punished by criminal or civil action.
Apparently, those restrictions include staying at least 300 feet away, and not being allowed to protest two hours before or after a funeral.
Thoughts?