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HR 4565 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Conflicts and wars Military personnel and dependents Monuments and memorials

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I.

Introduced: December 6, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Dec 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Dec 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 6, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is unable to locate any next of kin of a deceased World War I veteran who is eligible for a VA headstone or marker, or would be eligible except for the date of such individual's death, a private cemetery may request the VA to furnish a headstone or marker for the grave or a medallion or other device to signify the individual's veteran status.

What's happening now December 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Delaney, John
· Nov 13, 2018
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Mar 5, 2018
Cook, Paul
· Jan 29, 2018
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jan 16, 2018
Poliquin, Bruce
· Dec 20, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 19, 2017
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Dec 18, 2017
Taylor, Scott
· Dec 12, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4565: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4565/
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"H.R. 4565: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4565/.
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H.R. 4565, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4565/.
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[H.R. 4565: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers to private cemeteries for graves of certain veterans of World War I.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4565/)
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