US Congress House Bill 4338 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on November 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-09 - 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]

Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request and at U.S. expense, to furnish to a deceased individual in lieu a headstone or marker: (1) an urn to signify the individual's veteran status, in which such individual's remains may be placed at private expense; or (2) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual's veteran status. A "deceased individual" is an individual: (1) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (2) who is eligible for a headstone or marker or would be so eligible but for the date of the individual's death; and (3) whose remains were cremated and placed in a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a state veterans' cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.

Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]

Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-11-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-11-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4338/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4338/BILLS-115hr4338ih.pdf