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Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act [HB-4298]
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Vietnam Helicopter Crew Memorial Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era. The Army may place such a memorial only if it enters into an agreement under which the association agrees to: (1) pay all costs necessary to construct, install, and maintain the memorial; and (2) to such other provisions as the Army may require.
Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Received In The Senate. on 12/08/2016
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Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act [HB-3839]
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[Environmental ]
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Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) complete environmental, cultural resource, and other due diligence activities on certain public land to confirm its suitability for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota; and (2) notify the Department of the Interior of such activities. After completion of such activities and upon receipt by Interior of written confirmation of suitability from the VA, the land shall: (1) be withdrawn from all forms
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kristi L. Noem
Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 624. on 09/12/2016
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Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2015 [HB-3789]
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Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a memorial headstone or marker for an eligible individual whose remains are identified and available but whose gravesite's location is unknown.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank C. Guinta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 11/06/2015
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Final Farewell Act of 2016 [HB-3715]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Final Farewell Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to permit the interment or funeral, memorial service, or ceremony of a deceased veteran at a national cemetery during weekends, other than federal holiday weekends, upon the request of the veteran's next-of-kin. Any grant to assist a state in establishing a veterans' cemetery shall require that the cemetery permits the interment or funeral, memorial service, or ceremony of a deceased veteran during weekends, other than federal holiday weekends, upon the request
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Sponsored by: Rep. Corrine Brown
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/24/2016
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Veterans Dignified Burial Act [HB-3278]
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Veterans Dignified Burial Act Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) upon confirming the veteran status of a deceased veteran in the custody of a local medical examiner, funeral director, county service group, or other similar entity, to request from that entity the specific date of the veteran's scheduled interment; and (2) during each 30-day period following the request to repeat it until the entity confirms the scheduled internment date or that the veteran has been interred. Requires the VA, by March 1 of each year, to report to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 08/06/2015
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the display of the Confederate battle flag in national cemeteries. [HB-3007]
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the display of the Confederate battle flag in national cemeteries. This bill prohibits the Confederate battle flag's display in any national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 08/05/2015
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FLORICH Act Founding Legacies of Reserve Integral Combat-training Heroes Act of 2015 [HB-2852]
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FLORICH Act Founding Legacies of Reserve Integral Combat-training Heroes Act of 2015 This bill makes eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, any member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who dies while on inactive-duty training during a mission in which a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty also dies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Veterans National Remembrance Act [HB-2706]
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Veterans National Remembrance Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in selecting a location for the establishment of a new national cemetery, to: (1) give priority to a state that does not have a national cemetery and that has the largest population of veterans among states without such a cemetery, and (2) ensure that such location is within 10 miles of a significant amount of the population to be served by such cemetery during the 25 years following its establishment. Permits the Secretary, after establishing two national cemeteries, to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/24/2015
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Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015 [HB-2691]
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Veterans' Survivors Claims Processing Automation Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay burial and funeral expenses, accrued benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation, and non-service connected disability or death pension amounts to a survivor of a veteran who has not filed a formal claim if the VA determines that the record contains sufficient evidence to establish the survivor's entitlement to such benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/09/2015
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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act [HB-267]
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Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act 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
Introduced In House on 01/09/2015
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Fallen Heroes Family Assistance Act [HB-2662]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Fallen Heroes Family Assistance Act The Secretary of the military department concerned is required to provide transportation for the next of kin to attend the transfer ceremony of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who dies overseas in the line of duty in a combat or humanitarian relief operation or in combat zone designated by the Secretary of Defense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2577]
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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Specifies that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Specifies that the sums in this bill are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 5) Specifies that each amount in this bill designated by Congress as an emergency requirement is contingent on the President also designating all of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
Conference Report Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S5229-5240) on 09/06/2016
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries. [HB-2573]
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of dependents of veterans buried in county, private, or other cemeteries. This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and dependents of veterans buried in any cemetery in the United States if the spouses and dependents died on or after November 11, 1998.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 06/05/2015
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Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act [HB-250]
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Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act This bill provides a permanent appropriation for the payment of death gratuities and related benefits to survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services during a period of lapsed appropriations. The bill provides the appropriations at the rate and under the conditions provided for the most recent fiscal year for which an Act making appropriations for the uniformed services has been enacted. The appropriations are provided during a period of lapsed appropriations, in which appropriations are unavailable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Introduced In House on 01/09/2015
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Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act [HB-2490]
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[Crime ]
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Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act This bill requires the appropriate federal official to take every reasonable action, including by searching public records, to ensure that a person who will be interred in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery is not ineligible for such interment by reason of having been convicted of a federal or state capital crime or a tier III sex offense. The bill applies the requirement of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act for a written notice
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/13/2015
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Work-Study for Student Veterans Act [HB-2361]
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[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act Reauthorizes through June 30, 2020 (under current law, the authorization expires as of June 30, 2013) certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Takano
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 06/25/2015
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Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act [HB-2327]
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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 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, and who,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Introduced In House on 05/14/2015
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Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act [HB-2294]
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[Military ]
Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 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 reserve component, 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; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/26/2015
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2029]
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2016. (Sec. 6) Provides that amounts designated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles W. Dent
Considered As Unfinished Business (consideration: Cr H10696) on 12/18/2015
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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015 [HB-1978]
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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a veterans conservation corps to assist unemployed veterans in the transition from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to employ such veterans: (1) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands; (2) in maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration; and (3) as firefighters, law enforcement officers,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 08/18/2015