{"data":{"id":"us/38-u.s.c.-112","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 U.S.C. § 112","heading":"Presidential memorial certificate program","body":"(a) At the request of the President the Secretary may conduct a program for honoring the memory of deceased persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery by reason of any of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (7) of section 2402(a) of this title, by preparing and sending to eligible recipients a certificate bearing the signature of the President and expressing the country’s grateful recognition of the deceased individual’s service in the Armed Forces. The award of a certificate to one eligible recipient will not preclude authorization of another certificate if a request is received from some other eligible recipient. (b) For the purpose of this section an “eligible recipient” means the next of kin, a relative or friend upon request, or an authorized service representative acting on behalf of such relative or friend. (c) A certificate may not be furnished under the program under subsection (a) on behalf of a deceased person described in section 2411(b) of this title.","path":["Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS","CHAPTER 1—GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc38@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:35Z","sha256":"99fc066895923b940efceabe86b7356f7901caab37e67c1831a3c95e0cff452a","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/38-u.s.c.-111a","next":"us/38-u.s.c.-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}