Congress 108 - HR 1167 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit remarried surviving spouses of veterans to be eligible for burial in a national cemetery.

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Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Families Marriage Married people Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits

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Makes all remarried surviving spouses of veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery. (Currently, such eligibility is permitted only for remarried former spouses whose subsequent marriage was terminated by death or divorce.)

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Dec 16, 2003

See Public Law 108-183.
Nov 19, 2003

Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, as amended, Title V, Section 502.
Jun 25, 2003

Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, Section 7.
Jun 11, 2003

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Mar 6, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 6, 2003

Introduced in House

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