HR 2586 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 21, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Paul C. Broun R-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 21, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from authorizing an honor guard to participate in the funeral of any veteran interred in a national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration unless the honor guard offers to the family of each veteran in whose funeral the honor guard chooses to participate the option of having it perform one of the 13-fold flag recitations.

Expresses the sense of Congress that 13-fold flag recitations are a historical tradition and that it should be the policy of the VA to authorize honor guards to participate in the funerals of veterans and proactively offer such a recitation to each veteran's family.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2009 to Jul 31, 2009; 44 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-PAChristopher P. CarneyOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-OKDan BorenOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NVDean HellerOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-CADevin NunesOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-AKDon YoungOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-VAEric CantorOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-OHJim JordanOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MNJohn KlineOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-FLKendrick B. MeekOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-OKMary FallinOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GANathan DealOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-ILPeter J. RoskamOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GAPhil GingreyOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MORoy BluntOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXSam JohnsonOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-IASteve KingOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXTed PoeOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-MNTimothy J. WalzOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-GATom PriceOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-AZTrent FranksJun 12, 2009
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJul 31, 2009

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred May 21, 2009
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
Referred May 22, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. May 21, 2009Introduced in House
  3. May 21, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2009Introduced in House

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