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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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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
 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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