Medal of Honor Legacy Act
Latest action · May 13, 2016 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 27, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medal of Honor Legacy Act
This bill directs the Department of the Army to reserve 100 in-ground burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of deceased Medal of Honor recipients.
Such requirement shall terminate when the Army submits a report on the cemetery's interment and inurnment capacity that includes: (1) the estimated date of achieving maximum capacity; and (2) recommendations to ensure that such capacity is not reached until well into the future, including actions to redefine interment eligibility and considerations for cemetery expansion.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- May 6, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Apr 27, 2016Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2016Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4782 | Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 12, 2016 |
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 27, 2016Introduced in House
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