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HR 5131 110th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Commemorations Destruction of property Fines (Penalties) Monuments and memorials

Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act

Introduced: January 23, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 23, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 23, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act - Amends the federal criminal code to modify the prohibition against destruction of veterans' memorials to include destruction of the grave, headstone, or marker of any person in the Armed Forces and to extend such prohibition to memorials, graves, headstones, or markers on private as well as public property.

What's happening now February 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4973 Related bill To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, mark…
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 1 Republican 9
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · May 6, 2008
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 24, 2008
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Apr 22, 2008
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Issa, Darrell
California · Apr 14, 2008
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 10, 2008
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 2, 2008
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Feb 27, 2008
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Feb 27, 2008
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Feb 14, 2008
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 12, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5131: Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5131/
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"H.R. 5131: Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5131/.
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H.R. 5131, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5131/.
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