HR 4044 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.

Introduced Nov 6, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Shelley Berkley D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 13, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedNov 6, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Makes eligible for a $300 plot allowance for burial in a cemetery other than a national cemetery a veteran who is eligible for burial in a national cemetery and who: (1) was discharged from active service for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; or (2) is a veteran of any war.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker for an individual so entitled, to reimburse the person entitled to request such headstone or marker for acquiring a non-government headstone or marker for placement in any cemetery other than a national cemetery in connection with the burial or memorialization of the deceased individual.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2009 to Jan 20, 2010, with 34 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlan GraysonOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-AZAnn KirkpatrickOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-CABob FilnerOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-INBrad EllsworthOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-ORDavid WuOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-NVDina TitusOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalNov 6, 2009
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalNov 6, 2009
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 13, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  2. Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Nov 6, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

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  1. Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House

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