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Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act

Introduced: June 13, 2002 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2002
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 22, 2002
Mr. Moran (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 22, 2002
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5013-5017)
Jul 22, 2002
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5013-5015)
Jul 22, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5013-5015)
Jul 22, 2002
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4940.
Jul 22, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 18, 2002
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 107-588.
Jul 18, 2002
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
Jul 16, 2002
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 3.
Jul 16, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 9, 2002
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Jul 9, 2002
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 2, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 13, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 13, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act - Allows the remains of the following persons to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery: (1) any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member of the armed forces; (3) any member or former member of a reserve component of the armed forces who served on active duty, who was honorably discharged from active duty, who was under 60 years of age, and who, but for such age, would have been eligible for retired pay; (4) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (5) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (6) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (7) any reserve member who dies while on active duty for training or inactive duty training; (8) the President or any former President; (9) the spouse, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Cemetery's Superintendent, unmarried adult child of an interred member (but only if buried in the same gravesite); (10) the spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member on active duty if such person dies while the member is on active duty; (11) the individual whose spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) is eligible under (10), above, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (12) the parents of a minor child or unmarried adult child whose remains, based on the parent's eligibility, are already buried in the Cemetery, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (13) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member who was lost, buried at sea, or officially determined to be permanently absent in a status of missing or missing in action; and (14) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member buried in a cemetery under the jurisdiction of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Authorizes the President to deem an otherwise ineligible individual as eligible for such burial for extraordinary acts, services, or contributions to the armed forces.

What's happening now July 23, 2002

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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