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Referenced Laws
34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.
34 U.S.C. 20911
Public Law 113–65
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring the Sanctity of Public Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes Act of 2025 or the RESPECT Act of 2025.
Section 2
2. Applicability of authority to reconsider decisions to inter the remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (d)(1), by inserting made on or after June 18, 1973, after reconsider a decision; and in subsections (b)(4)(A), (b)(5)(A), (d)(2)(A)(ii), and (e)(1)(B), by striking to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) each place it appears and inserting to meet the definition of a tier III sex offender under section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911). Section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113–65) is amended by striking subsection (c).