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HR 2586 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals

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 may offer veterans' families…

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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 may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 21, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) 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 offers 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 VA to authorize honor guards to participate in the funerals of veterans and proactively offer such a recitation to each veteran's family.

What's happening now May 22, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 7
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 31, 2009
Carney, Christopher
· May 21, 2009
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · May 21, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· May 21, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · May 21, 2009
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · May 21, 2009
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 21, 2009
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 21, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2586: 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 may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2586/
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"H.R. 2586: 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 may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2586/.
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H.R. 2586, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2586/.
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[H.R. 2586: 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 may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2586/)
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