US Congress Senate Bill 695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015 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 2015

Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB1338 (Same As) 2015-11-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB1203 (Related) 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB2921 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/695/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s695/BILLS-114s695is.pdf