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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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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
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 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2700 Related bill Honor Those Who Served Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 2
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Nov 18, 2014
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 3, 2013
Roskam, Peter
· Dec 2, 2013
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Oct 30, 2013
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Sep 20, 2013
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 16, 2013
TIBERI, PATRICK
· May 16, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2018: Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2018/
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"H.R. 2018: Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2018/.
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H.R. 2018, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2018/.
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