Bill Text: SC H3995 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Presidential Internment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-02 - Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs [H3995 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3995-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-220 SO AS TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO OFFER ANY TWICE ACQUITTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BURIAL ON THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS, AND UPON ACCEPTANCE, TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION ON THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS TO BURY THE PRESIDENT AND TO ERECT A TOMBSTONE AND GRAVE MARKER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 10-1-220. On behalf of the State of South Carolina, the Department of Administration shall offer any twice acquitted President of the United States the honor of being buried on the State House grounds. If the President accepts the honor, the Department of Administration, upon approval by the State House Committee, shall identify a location on the State House grounds for the interment and the erection of a tombstone and grave marker."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and upon the enactment of federal legislation that would forbid such presidents from being interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery.
