Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 11, 2014 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2014
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study and report to Congress on matters relating to the interring of veterans' unclaimed remains in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, including:
- the scope of the issues relating to veterans' unclaimed remains, including the estimated number of such remains;
- the effectiveness of VA procedures for working with persons or entities having custody of unclaimed remains to facilitate the interment of such remains in such cemeteries;
- state and local laws that affect the Secretary's ability to inter unclaimed veterans' remains in such cemeteries; and
- recommendations for appropriate legislative or administrative action.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2014Discharged Dec 11, 2014 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Received in the House.
- Dec 11, 2014Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 11, 2014Held at the desk.
- Dec 10, 2014Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6580-6581)
- Dec 10, 2014Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6580-6581)
- Dec 10, 2014Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6580-6581)
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Sep 16, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6580Text printed S6580 | Michael F. Bennet D-CO | Dec 10, 2014 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1755 | Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2013 |
| HR 4446 | Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 | Related bill | May 5, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2014Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in Senate
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.
