To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits.
Latest action · May 1, 2015 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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability.
Directs VA, with respect to any fiscal year, to provide percentage increases for burial and funeral expenses.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to Sep 28, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Apr 25, 2016 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Apr 29, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | May 23, 2016 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 28, 2016 |
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 Apr 21, 2015 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 1, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 21, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 58, April 21, 2015, page H2355.
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 increase certain veteran funeral benefits.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced 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.
