Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act

Summary

Removes a specific date-of-death limitation in the law that restricted who could receive memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. One section only provides a short title and does not change benefits or funding, while the other amends 38 U.S.C. § 2306(b)(2) by striking the phrase "who dies on or after November 11, 1998," from two subparagraphs, expanding eligibility for those two categories of memorial headstones and markers to include persons who died before that date.

• One section sets an official short title and does not alter benefits or funding.
• The bill removes the phrase "who dies on or after November 11, 1998" from two subparagraphs of 38 U.S.C. § 2306(b)(2).
• Removing the date-of-death limitation expands eligibility for VA-furnished memorial headstones and markers in those two categories to include earlier deaths.
• The change affects only the two specified statutory subparagraphs and does not expand other memorial benefits or create new types of markers.
• No new appropriations are authorized; any increased costs would come from existing VA budgets.
• The amendment operates retroactively for the affected categories because it eliminates a past date cutoff.
• VA will need to update eligibility determinations and may face modest increases in administrative workload.
• The change is narrow in scope and focused solely on eligibility timing, not on benefit amounts or additional services.