US Congress House Bill 4446 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 28-14)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-05 - 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]

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, including: (1) estimating the number of unclaimed remains; (2) assessing the effectiveness of VA procedures for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans; (3) assessing state and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter such remains; and (4) recommending appropriate legislative or administrative action. .

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014

Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2014-04-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB1755 (Related) 2013-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB2822 (Related) 2014-12-11 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4446/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4446/BILLS-113hr4446ih.pdf