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HR 5499 109th Congress House

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and…

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of vete… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 7, 2006 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funeralsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkVeterans' benefits
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Jun 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 25, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 25, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 5, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) make permanent (currently, terminates on December 31, 2006) the authority for the provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of government markers or memorial headstones for the marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries; and (2) terminate a reporting requirement on the use of such authority.

Amends the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 to make eligible for such markers or headstones certain veterans dying on or after November 1, 1990 (currently, September 11, 2001).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 11, 2006
Watson, Diane
· Jul 11, 2006
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Jun 20, 2006
HARMAN, JANE
· Jun 12, 2006
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 7, 2006
WAMP, ZACH
· Jun 7, 2006
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jun 6, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5499: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5499/
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"H.R. 5499: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5499/.
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H.R. 5499, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5499/.
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