US Congress Senate Bill 1822 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-11-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to take all necessary steps to: (1) exhume the remains of 13 deceased U.S. sailors buried in or near Protestant Cemetery and Tripoli Castle in Tripoli, Libya; (2) transfer such remains for laboratory identification; (3) in the case of identified remains, transport such remains to a veterans cemetery located near the closest living family member of the deceased (or to another cemetery, as determined by the Secretary); (4) in the case of identified remains, provide a military funeral and burial; and (5) in the case of remains that cannot be identified, transport such remains to Arlington National Cemetery for interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

A bill to provide for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-11-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1822/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1822/BILLS-112s1822is.pdf