SCONRES 4
112th Congress
Senate
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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Introduced: January 26, 2011
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 27, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 27, 2011
Received in the House.
May 27, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 26, 2011
Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3461)
May 26, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3461)
May 26, 2011
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3460-3461)
May 26, 2011
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S291)
Jan 26, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery be provided for a memorial marker, to be paid for with private funds, to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, so long as the Secretary of the Army has exclusive authority to approve the design and site of the memorial marker.
Provides that the President should establish an Arlington National Cemetery Advisory Commission and procedures for the evaluation and approval of new monuments and memorials comparable to those provided in the Commemorative Works Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.