ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR FOR BURIAL IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

SEC. 1176. ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR FOR BURIAL IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. (a) Eligibility for Burial.—Former prisoners of war described in subsection (b) are eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. (b) Eligible Former POWs.—A former prisoner of war referred to in subsection (a) is a former prisoner of war— (1) who dies on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) who, while a prisoner of war, served honorably in the active military, naval, or air service, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (c) Savings Provision.—This section may not be construed to make ineligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery a former prisoner of war who is eligible to be buried in that cemetery under another provision of law. (d) Regulations.—This section shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Those regulations may prescribe a minimum period of internment as a prisoner of war for purposes of eligibility under this section for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. (e) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term “former prisoner of war” has the meaning given such term in section 101(32) of title 38, United States Code. (2) The term “active military, naval, or air service” has the meaning given such term in section 101(24) of such title.