HR 2188 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.

Introduced May 5, 2005 Originated House Sponsor James R. Langevin D-RI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 6, 2006 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 5, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish for placement a memorial headstone or marker in a national cemetery to commemorate veterans and their spouses whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2005 to Mar 29, 2006, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-COJohn T. SalazarOriginalMay 5, 2005
R-FLKatherine HarrisOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMay 5, 2005
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJun 16, 2005
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 6, 2006Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Jun 1, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  3. May 5, 2005Introduced in House
  4. May 5, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  5. May 5, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E898)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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  1. May 5, 2005Introduced in House

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