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S 698 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Virginia

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 2011 Introduced by: Warner, Mark R. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2011
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116.
Mar 31, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 31, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits: (1) more than one gravesite from being provided at Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington) to a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for burial there and family members also eligible for burial there, and (2) a gravesite from being reserved at Arlington before an individual's death. Provides an exception under (2) above, in the case of a request submitted to the Secretary of the Army before January 1, 1962.

Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on reservations made for interment at Arlington.

What's happening now June 8, 2011

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 698: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-698/
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"S. 698: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-698/.
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S. 698, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-698/.
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