(a) One Gravesite.—(1) Not more than one gravesite may be provided at Arlington National Cemetery to a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for interment or inurnment at such cemetery.

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(2) The Secretary of the Army may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) as the Secretary of the Army considers appropriate.

(b) Prohibition Against Reservation of Gravesites.—(1) A gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery may not be reserved for an individual before the death of such individual.

(2)(A) The President may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) as the President considers appropriate.

(B) Upon waiving the prohibition in paragraph (1), the President shall submit notice of such waiver to—

(i) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and

(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.