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HR 2018 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Religion Veterans' organizations and recognition

Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013

Introduced: May 16, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 31, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 16, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 16, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013 - Revises veterans' burial benefits provisions to allow a person to request a headstone or marker from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to commemorate an eligible individual if such person is: (1) the decedent's next of kin; (2) a person authorized by the next of kin to make such request; (3) a personal representative authorized by the decedent to make such request; (4) in the case of a decedent for whom there is no person under (1) through (3) identified, a state veterans agency, a military researcher, a local historian, a genealogist, or other person familiar with methods necessary to prove the identity of the decedent; or (5) in the case of a veteran who served on active duty at least 62 years before the date on which the headstone or marker is requested, any person.

Allows for the request of a headstone or marker without an emblem of religious belief.

What's happening now May 31, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2