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S 1822 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Africa Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Libya Middle East Virginia

A bill to provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.

Introduced: November 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Nov 8, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 8, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to take all necessary steps to: (1) exhume the remains of 13 deceased U.S. sailors buried in or near Protestant Cemetery and Tripoli Castle in Tripoli, Libya; (2) transfer such remains for laboratory identification; (3) in the case of identified remains, transport such remains to a veterans cemetery located near the closest living family member of the deceased (or to another cemetery, as determined by the Secretary); (4) in the case of identified remains, provide a military funeral and burial; and (5) in the case of remains that cannot be identified, transport such remains to Arlington National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

What's happening now November 8, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Nov 8, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1822: A bill to provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1822/
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"S. 1822: A bill to provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1822/.
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S. 1822, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1822/.
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