US Congress Senate Bill 1179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: Introduced on May 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act This bill authorizes burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of the remains of any individual: (1) who was naturalized pursuant to the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 and who resided in the United States at the time of death; or (2) who the Department of Veterans Affairs determines served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and who, at the time of death, resided in the United States and was a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB1557 (Related) 2017-07-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173.
HB4716 (Same As) 2017-12-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1179/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1179/BILLS-115s1179is.pdf