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HR 4781 110th Congress House

To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans'…

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 18, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 21, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Dec 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 18, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 21, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing an honor guard to participate in the funeral of any veteran interred in a national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration unless the honor guard agrees to offer to the family of each veteran in whose funeral the honor guard chooses to participate the option of having it perform one of the 13-fold flag recitations.

Expresses the sense of Congress that 13-fold flag recitations are a historical tradition and that it should be the policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize honor guards to participate in the funerals of veterans and proactively offer such a recitation to each veteran's family.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 4
Davis, David
· Dec 18, 2007
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Dec 18, 2007
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Dec 18, 2007
Sali, Bill
· Dec 18, 2007
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Dec 18, 2007
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 18, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4781: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4781/
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"H.R. 4781: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4781/.
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H.R. 4781, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4781/.
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[H.R. 4781: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards agree to offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4781/)
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