US Congress Senate Bill 2822 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on December 11 2014 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-11 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study and report to Congress on matters relating to the interring of veterans' unclaimed remains in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, including: the scope of the issues relating to veterans' unclaimed remains, including the estimated number of such remains; the effectiveness of VA procedures for working with persons or entities having custody of unclaimed remains to facilitate the interment of such remains in such cemeteries; state and local laws that affect the Secretary's ability to inter unclaimed veterans' remains in such cemeteries; and recommendations for appropriate legislative or administrative action.

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014

Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-11	House	Held at the desk.
2014-12-11	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2014-12-11	House	Received in the House.
2014-12-10	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6580-6581)
2014-12-10	Senate	Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6580-6581)
2014-09-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB4446 (Related) 2014-05-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB1755 (Related) 2013-11-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2822/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2822/BILLS-113s2822is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2822/BILLS-113s2822es.pdf