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      "id": 102741,
      "date": "1999-11-09",
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      "title": "Military Funeral Honors for U.S. Veterans: Increasing Demands on the Department of Defense",
      "summary": "The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000,  P.L. 106-65 , mandates\nmilitary\nhonors at funerals for all eligible veterans. The mandate will likely require the Department of\nDefense (DOD) to divert some defense funding and military manpower to a non-warfighting task. \nThis Act converts honors details from a time-honored tradition, which the military services rendered\naccording to their standards and resources, to a mandated requirement. Current funding pressures\nand tight manpower levels, coupled with increasing veterans' requests and expectations, may make\nit more difficult for the services to furnish sufficient personnel for veterans' funerals. However, the\ncurrent mandate appears to fall short of the veteran service organizations' expectations, which may\nlead to continued controversy about the issue. This report will not be updated.",
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