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HR 2490 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Criminal justice information and records Pennsylvania Sex offenses Veterans' organizations and recognition Violent crime

Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act

Introduced: June 12, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 3, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3766-3767)
May 21, 2015
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 21, 2015
Introduced in House
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Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act

This bill requires the appropriate federal official to take every reasonable action, including by searching public records, to ensure that a person who will be interred in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery is not ineligible for such interment by reason of having been convicted of a federal or state capital crime or a tier III sex offense.

The bill applies the requirement of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act for a written notice of a disqualifying felony conviction with respect to any interment or memorialization conducted, either before or after enactment of that Act.

The Department of Veterans Affairs shall: (1) disinter the remains of George E. Siple from Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (Pennsylvania); (2) notify his next of kin of the impending disinterment; and (3) upon disinterment, relinquish the remains to the next of kin or, if the next of kin of record is unavailable, arrange for the appropriate disposition of the remains.

What's happening now August 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 3
Rothfus, Keith
· Jul 9, 2015
Blum, Rod
· Jun 12, 2015
Young, David
· Jun 3, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2015
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2015
Shuster, Bill
· May 21, 2015
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2490: Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2490/
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