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HR 3657 115th Congress House

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and…

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Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 18, 2017 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funeralsIndian lands and resources rightsMonuments and memorialsVeterans' organizations and recognition
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 7, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 6, 2017
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Nov 6, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 6, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8508)
Nov 6, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8508)
Nov 6, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3657.
Nov 6, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8508-8509)
Nov 6, 2017
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 6, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
Nov 6, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-388.
Oct 12, 2017
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Oct 12, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 13, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 18, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Aug 18, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 18, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 7, 2017

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to provide headstones and markers for the unmarked graves of spouses (including surviving spouses) and children (including unmarried adult children at the VA's discretion) of veterans who are buried in a tribally-owned veterans cemetery or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2248 Related bill Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018
 Bill text 4 versions

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3657/
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"H.R. 3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3657/.
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H.R. 3657, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3657/.
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[H.R. 3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3657/)
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