Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a grant under the Veteran Cemetery Grants Program to a county to establish, expand, improve, operate, or maintain a county-owned veterans' cemetery. Under current law, such grants are only authorized to be issued to states, tribal organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions.
The VA is only able to provide such grants under certain circumstances. Specifically, grants are only authorized if the state in which the county is located does not have a state-owned veterans' cemetery or the state did not apply for a grant in the previous year. Additionally, a county must demonstrate that it has the resources necessary to operate and maintain its cemetery.
The VA must give priority to state-owned cemeteries in situations where both the county and the state apply for a grant in the same year.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 12, 2019 to Aug 18, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Nov 12, 2019 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Nov 12, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Nov 12, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Dec 11, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jan 30, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Aug 18, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Nov 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
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- Nov 12, 2019Introduced in House
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