Sec. 595. Updates and preservation of memorials to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery
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The Secretary of the Army may permit NCMAF— to modify the memorial to Protestant chaplains located on Chaplains Hill to include a granite, marble, or other stone base for the bronze plaque of the memorial; to add an additional plaque to the stone base added pursuant to subparagraph
(A)to include the name of each chaplain, verified as described in subsection (b), who died while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces after the date on which the original memorial was placed; and to make such other updates and corrections to the memorial that may be needed as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary of the Army may permit NCMAF to update and make corrections to the Catholic and Jewish chaplain memorials located on Chaplains Hill that may be needed as determined by the Secretary. The activities of NCMAF authorized by this subsection shall be carried out at no cost to the Federal Government. NCMAF may not include the name of a chaplain on a memorial on Chaplains Hill under subsection
(a)unless that name has been verified by the Chief of Chaplains of the Army, Navy, or Air Force or the Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps, depending on the branch of the Armed Forces in which the chaplain served. Except as provided in subsection (a)(1)(A), this section may not be construed as authorizing the expansion of any memorial that is located on Chaplains Hill as of the date of the enactment of this Act. In this section: The term Chaplains Hill means the area in Arlington National Cemetery that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is generally identified and recognized as Chaplains Hill. The term NCMAF means the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces or any successor organization recognized in law for purposes of the operation of this section.