HR 4044 111th Congress House

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for…

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Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.

Introduced: November 6, 2009 See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funeralsDisability and paralysisVeterans' pensions and compensation

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 13, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Nov 6, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Nov 6, 2009

Introduced in House

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Latest action November 13, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes eligible for a $300 plot allowance for burial in a cemetery other than a national cemetery a veteran who is eligible for burial in a national cemetery and who: (1) was discharged from active service for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty; or (2) is a veteran of any war.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker for an individual so entitled, to reimburse the person entitled to request such headstone or marker for acquiring a non-government headstone or marker for placement in any cemetery other than a national cemetery in connection with the burial or memorialization of the deceased individual.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 15

Connecticut · Nov 6, 2009

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Nov 6, 2009

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4044: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4044/

MLA

"H.R. 4044: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4044/.

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H.R. 4044, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4044/.

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[H.R. 4044: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and to restore the headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4044/)