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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…

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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: January 9, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 9, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 9, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to 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.

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 March 2, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 11 Republican 3
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Aug 3, 2007
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 14, 2007
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 14, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 14, 2007
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 16, 2007
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Apr 16, 2007
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 1, 2007
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 27, 2007
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Feb 8, 2007
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 7, 2007
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jan 22, 2007
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 22, 2007
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jan 18, 2007
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 18, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 358: 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-358/
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"H.R. 358: 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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-358/.
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H.R. 358, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-358/.
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