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.
USA115th CongressHR-3657| House
| Updated: 11/7/2017
Bruce Poliquin
Republican Representative
Maine
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to provide headstones and markers for the unmarked graves of spouses (including surviving spouses) and children (including unmarried adult children at the VA's discretion) of veterans who are buried in a tribally-owned veterans cemetery or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-388.
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8508-8509)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3657.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8508)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8508)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funeralsIndian lands and resources rightsMonuments and memorialsVeterans' organizations and recognition
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.
USA115th CongressHR-3657| House
| Updated: 11/7/2017
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to provide headstones and markers for the unmarked graves of spouses (including surviving spouses) and children (including unmarried adult children at the VA's discretion) of veterans who are buried in a tribally-owned veterans cemetery or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-388.
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8508-8509)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3657.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8508)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8508)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Bruce Poliquin
Republican Representative
Maine
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Cemeteries and funeralsIndian lands and resources rightsMonuments and memorialsVeterans' organizations and recognition