Topic

Cemeteries and funerals

991 bills on this subject

Filed across 13 Congresses, from the 107th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 109. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 119th
84 bills in the 115th Congress. Showing 1–30, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
HCONRES 107 Authorizing Reverend Billy Graham to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol. Message on Senate action sent to the House. February 27, 2018
HCONRES 52 Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater. Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. May 23, 2017
HJRES 127 Pay Our Military Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. January 19, 2018
HR 7400 Making continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard. Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. January 2, 2019
HR 7258 To recognize and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes. Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. December 12, 2018
HR 7066 Army Security Agency Monument Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. October 17, 2018
HR 6946 Supporting Early Learning Act Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. September 27, 2018
HR 6734 Full Military Honors Act of 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. September 10, 2018
HR 6647 To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the processes established by that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. August 17, 2018
HR 6635 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial Commemorative Coin Act Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. July 26, 2018
HR 6420 To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program. Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. July 18, 2018
HR 6409 Honoring Veterans' Families Act Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6637) July 23, 2018
HR 5895 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 Became Public Law No: 115-244. September 21, 2018
HR 5848 Fallen Heroes Family Travel Act of 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. May 17, 2018
HR 5786 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 518. May 11, 2018
HR 5674 VA MISSION Act of 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 516. May 11, 2018
HR 5588 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. April 23, 2018
HR 5515 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Became Public Law No: 115-232. August 13, 2018
HR 5056 Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. February 28, 2018
HR 4910 Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act Became Public Law No: 115-184. June 15, 2018
HR 4852 Pay Our Protectors Not Our Politicians Act of 2018 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. January 19, 2018
HR 4716 Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. December 21, 2017
HR 4565 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I. Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. December 6, 2017
HR 4363 Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. May 22, 2018
HR 4338 Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. November 9, 2017
HR 4335 Servicemember Family Burial Act Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. May 8, 2018
HR 4312 Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act Subcommittee Hearings Held. September 5, 2018
HR 3897 Gold Star Family Support and Installation Access Act of 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. November 8, 2017
HR 3657 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. November 7, 2017
HR 3656 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable. Became Public Law No: 115-136. March 16, 2018

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