Calling for the removal of all restrictions from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of the Nation's fallen heroes, the members of the Armed Forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.
Latest action · Mar 14, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 8, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Resolves that all restrictions should be removed from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of members of the U.S. armed forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Feb 8, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Afghanistan
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Families
- Freedom of the press
- Government Operations and Politics
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military bases
- Military dependents
- Military operations
- Right of privacy
- South Asia
- War casualties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2005Introduced in House
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