US Congress House Bill 2018 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013 - Revises veterans' burial benefits provisions to allow a person to request a headstone or marker from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to commemorate an eligible individual if such person is: (1) the decedent's next of kin; (2) a person authorized by the next of kin to make such request; (3) a personal representative authorized by the decedent to make such request; (4) in the case of a decedent for whom there is no person under (1) through (3) identified, a state veterans agency, a military researcher, a local historian, a genealogist, or other person familiar with methods necessary to prove the identity of the decedent; or (5) in the case of a veteran who served on active duty at least 62 years before the date on which the headstone or marker is requested, any person. Allows for the request of a headstone or marker without an emblem of religious belief.

Honor Those Who Served Act of 2013

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2013-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB2700 (Related) 2014-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2018/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2018/BILLS-113hr2018ih.pdf