HR 1497 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

War Memorial Protection Act

Introduced Apr 11, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Duncan Hunter R-CA

Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.

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.

IntroducedApr 11, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

War Memorial Protection Act - Permits emblems of belief approved for placement on government-provided headstones and markers to be included as part of: (1) a military memorial established or acquired by the federal government; or (2) any other military memorial established in cooperation with the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Includes as approved emblems, at a minimum, all those authorized by the National Cemetery Administration.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2013 to May 7, 2013; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Apr 11, 2013
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Apr 11, 2013
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Apr 11, 2013
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Apr 12, 2013
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Apr 12, 2013
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Apr 18, 2013
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		May 7, 2013

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Apr 11, 2013Markup Jun 12, 2013Reported Jul 8, 2013
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Apr 25, 2013Hearings Jun 6, 2013Discharged Jun 12, 2013

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 8, 2013Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-140.
Jul 8, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.
Jun 12, 2013Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
Jun 12, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 12, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

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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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 113-140

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 24, 2013H.R. 1497, War Memorial Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 12, 2013

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Constitutional authority for the War Memorial Protection Act is found in Section 3, Clause 2 of Article IV, which states in part that ``the Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the United States.'' Constitutional authority is also found in Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8, which states that Congress has the authority to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1957.

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. 113-16	OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE 2008 LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS PART 1 AND 2172 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 16, 2013–Jul 17, 2013

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R42534	Table Egg Production and Hen Welfare: Agreement and Legislative Proposals Archived	Report	Feb 14, 2014

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 705	War Memorial Protection Act of 2013	Related bill	Jun 12, 2013

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: War Memorial Protection Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: War Memorial Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 8, 2013Reported in House
Apr 11, 2013Introduced in House

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