RESPECT Act of 2025 — Full text

Section 1. Short title

Names the bill the Restoring the Sanctity of Public Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes Act of 2025 or RESPECT Act of 2025.

This Act may be cited as the Restoring the Sanctity of Public Entombments, Cemeteries, and Tributes Act of 2025 or the RESPECT Act of 2025.

(a) In general

Section 2411 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting made on or after June 18, 1973, after reconsider a decision; and

(2) in subsections (b)(4)(A), (b)(5)(A), (d)(2)(A)(ii), and (e)(1)(B), by striking to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) each place it appears and inserting to meet the definition of a tier III sex offender under section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20911).

(b) Conforming repeal

Section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113–65) is amended by striking subsection (c).