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A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and…

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A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jan 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S226)
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the city of Vallejo, California, to enter into an agreement to transfer Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, to the VA to be maintained as a national shrine.

What's happening now January 15, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S226)

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Oct 22, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 15, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jan 15, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 127: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-127/
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"S. 127: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-127/.
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S. 127, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-127/.
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[S. 127: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-127/)
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