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HR 5084 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Congressional tributes Military personnel and dependents Virginia

Medal of Honor Legacy Act

Introduced: April 27, 2016 Introduced by: Titus, Dina Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
May 6, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Apr 27, 2016
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.
Apr 27, 2016
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medal of Honor Legacy Act

This bill directs the Department of the Army to reserve 100 in-ground burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of deceased Medal of Honor recipients.

Such requirement shall terminate when the Army submits a report on the cemetery's interment and inurnment capacity that includes: (1) the estimated date of achieving maximum capacity; and (2) recommendations to ensure that such capacity is not reached until well into the future, including actions to redefine interment eligibility and considerations for cemetery expansion.

What's happening now May 13, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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