Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act

Summary

Removes a date-of-death limitation from two existing provisions that govern memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As a result, veterans who died before November 11, 1998 and who otherwise meet the criteria in those two provisions become eligible to receive VA-furnished headstones or markers. The change is narrowly focused on eligibility language in current law and does not itself create a new program or specify new funding or implementation timelines.

• Deletes a date-of-death cutoff in two subparagraphs governing VA-furnished memorial headstones and markers.
• Allows veterans who died before November 11, 1998 to be eligible under those two provisions if they meet other statutory criteria.
• Does not create a new benefit category or add different kinds of memorial items; it only alters eligibility timing.
• Likely to produce a modest, mostly one-time increase in VA requests for headstones and markers.
• No explicit funding or effective date is provided in the amendment text.
• Affects families and next-of-kin seeking markers for veterans' graves that previously fell outside the date restriction.
• Implementation would be handled through existing VA processes for furnishing markers and headstones.