HR 5499
109th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Veterans' benefits
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: May 25, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
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