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Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act [HB-3369]
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Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act - Authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 11/04/2013
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LTC Todd J. Clark Hero Flight Act of 2013 [HB-3337]
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LTC Todd J. Clark Hero Flight Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the expenses of one stopover (either by direct or indirect routing), if requested, during the transportation of the remains of certain military decedents to the place selected by the person designated to direct disposition of such remains.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 01/24/2014
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To provide funds during the lapse of appropriations for the payment of military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and housing expenses through the transfer of unobligated amounts in the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund. [HB-3289]
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Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during any period for which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect for payment of military death gratuities and funeral and related transportation and housing expenses, to transfer, from unobligated amounts in the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund established by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) sufficient funds to provide the following benefits on behalf of members of the Armed Forces
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jack Kingston
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/18/2013
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Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act [HB-3274]
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Fallen Heroes and Families Assistance Act - Amends the Pay Our Military Act (P.L. 113-39) to make FY2014 appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2014 are not in effect, for such sums as are necessary to continue programs and activities concerning: payment of death gratuities to certain survivors of deceased military service members, including for the death of members on active duty or inactive duty training, the death of members after discharge
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H6361) on 10/08/2013
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Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act [HB-3106]
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Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act - Authorizes the appropriate federal official (either the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army) to reconsider a decision to inter or honor the memory of a person in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery upon receiving information that such person may have committed a federal or state capital crime but was not convicted by reason of unavailability for trial due to death or flight to avoid prosecution. Requires the appropriate federal official,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Messer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/06/2013
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Black Hills Cemetery Act [HB-291]
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Black Hills Cemetery Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey, to the local communities in South Dakota that are currently managing specified community cemeteries, all interest of the United States in: (1) the parcels of National Forest System land that contain the cemeteries, and (2) up to an additional two acres adjoining each cemetery to ensure that such conveyances include unmarked gravesites and allow for the expansion of those cemeteries. Requires: (1) each such conveyance to be subject to the condition that the recipient
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kristi L. Noem
Became Public Law No: 113-131. on 07/25/2014
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Agricultural Act of 2014 [HB-2642]
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Agricultural Act of 2014 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - Part I: Repeals - (Sec. 1101) Repeals: (1) direct payments under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; and (2) countercyclical payments and the average crop revenue election program (ACRE) under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Continues countercyclical payments and ACRE, however, for crop year 2013. Part II: Commodity Policy - (Sec. 1111) Includes peanuts as a covered commodity. (Sec. 1112) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank D. Lucas
Became Public Law No: 113-79. on 02/07/2014
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To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia. [HB-2331]
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Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia, specified National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, which contains the Cemetery as well as an easement to provide access to such land. Requires the Association to pay the Secretary cash consideration equal to the land's market value, which shall be deposited into the Treasury general fund for deficit reduction.
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 06/25/2013
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Guard Units And Reservists Deserve Remembrance Act [HB-2310]
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Guard Units and Reservists Deserve Remembrance Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a National Guard or Reserve component for at least six years, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/21/2013
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 [HB-2216]
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Abney Culberson
Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 102. on 06/27/2013
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To establish a chain of command for Army National Military Cemeteries. [HB-2209]
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Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a chain of command for Army national military cemeteries, including a military commander of the Army National Military Cemeteries to replace the current civilian director upon the termination of the tenure of such director.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/29/2013
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To improve the processing of disability claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. [HB-2189]
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 27, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Title I: Improvement of Claims Processing - (Sec. 101) Establishes within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a commission or task force to study: (1) the backlog of veterans' disability claims, including the current process used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to evaluate claims and appeals and the applicable laws and regulations; and (2) the anticipated increase of such appeals. Requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Walter B. Jones
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 10/29/2013
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To authorize the ground burial at Arlington National Cemetery of members of the United States Army who served honorably in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier platoon, Third Infantry Regiment (Old Guard), United States Army. [HB-2157]
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Makes eligible for interment at Arlington National Cemetery (Virginia) an individual who: (1) served honorably in the U.S. Army, (2) served at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as a Tomb Guard, and (3) was awarded the Tomb Guard Identification Badge or a certificate of participation if service occurred prior to the introduction of such Badge.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/29/2013
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans' cemeteries of Indian tribes. [HB-2039]
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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to furnish headstones or markers for certain veterans buried in a veterans' cemetery on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/31/2013
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Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013 [HB-2018]
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Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013 - Revises veterans' burial benefits provisions to allow a person to request a headstone or marker from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to commemorate an eligible individual if such person is: (1) the decedent's next of kin; (2) a person authorized by the next of kin to make such request; (3) a personal representative authorized by the decedent to make such request; (4) in the case of a decedent for whom there is no person under (1) through (3) identified, a state veterans agency, a military researcher,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Doug LaMalfa
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/31/2013
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Veterans' Dignity and Honor Act [HB-1987]
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Veterans' Dignity and Honor Act - Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/24/2013
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 [HB-1960]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2014 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table set forth in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits more than 75% of FY2014 funds authorized for the Stryker vehicle program
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Received In The Senate. Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 126. on 07/08/2013
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Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act [HB-1957]
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Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept voluntary services performed by a veteran or veterans organization at a national cemetery, including the veteran's sharing with visitors of the story of the veteran's military service.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Lee Sinema
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 06/20/2013
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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013 [HB-1573]
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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act of 2013 - Amends the Peace Corps Act to allow former volunteers or applicants for enrollment as a volunteer to use the seal, emblem, or name "Peace Corps" on death announcements, plaques, grave stones, or other grave markers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs. on 04/15/2013
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Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 [HB-152]
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Division A: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2013 to specified federal agencies and programs for expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Sandy. Title I: Department of Agriculture - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Commodity Assistance Program, for the emergency food assistance program. Title II: Department of the Army (as modified by section 1041) - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Corps
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Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers
Became Public Law No: 113-2. on 01/29/2013