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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 11, 2019 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Dec 23, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 23, 2019
Received in the House.
Dec 23, 2019
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 19, 2019
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S7232)
Dec 19, 2019
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text: CR S7232)
Dec 19, 2019
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7231-7232)
Dec 19, 2019
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 11, 2019
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.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,272 Boozman, John In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Dec 19, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the costs that the Department of Veterans Affairs may take into account in determining the amount of a grant awarded for the establishment, expansion, or improvement of a state-owned veterans' cemetery. Specifically the bill allows a grant to include, solely or in part, training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration.

What's happening now January 14, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2096: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2096/
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"S. 2096: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2096/.
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S. 2096, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2096/.
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[S. 2096: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2096/)
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