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HR 217 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Land transfers South Carolina

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) acquire a specified parcel of land in Beaufort, South Carolina, to be used for expansion of the Beaufort National Cemetery; and (2) report to Congress on the acquisition.

What's happening now January 9, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 217: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-217/
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"H.R. 217: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-217/.
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H.R. 217, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-217/.
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