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.
Latest action · Nov 13, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-VA | Glenn C. Nye | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NM | Harry Teague | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NJ | John H. Adler | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-MI | Mark H. Schauer | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Scott Murphy | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-OH | Steve Driehaus | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Dec 3, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jan 20, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2009 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Nov 13, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-19 | THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY77 pages | Homeland Security Committee | May 13, 2009 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
