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S 3523 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Military personnel and dependents Veterans' organizations and recognition Virginia

Full Military Honors Act of 2018

Introduced: September 27, 2018 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2018
Held at the desk.
Dec 20, 2018
Received in the House.
Dec 20, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 19, 2018
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7897)
Dec 19, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7897)
Dec 19, 2018
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
Dec 19, 2018
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
Sep 27, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 27, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 4,053 Cotton, Tom — Pending Oct 10, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Full Military Honors Act of 2018

This bill provides full military honors for the funeral of an eligible veteran who:

  • is first interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after enactment of this bill,
  • was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal, and
  • is not entitled to full military honors because of such veteran's grade.
What's happening now December 20, 2018

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6734 Identical bill Full Military Honors Act of 2018
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Dec 10, 2018
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 13, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3523: Full Military Honors Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3523/
MLA
"S. 3523: Full Military Honors Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3523/.
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S. 3523, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3523/.
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