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HR 3480 110th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Destruction of property Larceny Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines

Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008

Introduced: September 6, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 2008
Signed by President.
Oct 10, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-384.
Oct 6, 2008
Presented to President.
Oct 2, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Oct 2, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 2, 2008
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10405)
Oct 2, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10405)
Jun 12, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 778.
Jun 12, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Jun 12, 2008
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 2, 2008
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 21, 2008
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 21, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 5/19/2008 H4109)
May 21, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 5/19/2008 H4109)
May 21, 2008
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4433)
May 19, 2008
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. King (IA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
May 19, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3480.
May 19, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4109-4111)
May 19, 2008
Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 15, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
May 15, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-647.
May 14, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 14, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 13, 2008
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
May 13, 2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 6, 2008
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 12, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 6, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 6, 2007
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008 - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend its sentencing guidelines and policy statements to provide adequate sentencing enhancements for any offense involving the desecration, theft, or trafficking in a grave marker, headstone, monument, or other object intended to permanently mark a veteran's grave. Requires the Commission to ensure that the sentences, guidelines, and policy statements for these crimes are appropriately severe and reasonably consistent with other relevant directives, sentencing guidelines, and policies.

What's happening now October 10, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-384.

 Bill text 7 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 4
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 5, 2008
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 23, 2008
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Apr 22, 2008
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 23, 2008
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Oct 9, 2007
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Sep 25, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3480: Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3480/
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"H.R. 3480: Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3480/.
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