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HR 430 111th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Cemeteries and funerals Crimes against property Criminal procedure and sentencing Monuments and memorials

Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act

Introduced: January 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 9, 2009
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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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 knowingly destroying 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 March 16, 2009

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 1 Republican 9
R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jul 30, 2009
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jul 7, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 2, 2009
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jan 28, 2009
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 22, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jan 15, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jan 15, 2009
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jan 9, 2009
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Jan 9, 2009
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 9, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Jan 9, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 430: Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-430/
MLA
"H.R. 430: Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-430/.
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H.R. 430, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-430/.
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