3.0.0 2452 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z Senate S S 2006-03-16 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-17T01:41:10Z Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act 109 5037 HR 2006-05-29 Became Public Law No: 109-228. Related bill CRS Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act 109 2779 S 2006-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit disruptions of funerals of members or former members of the Armed Forces. 109 4042 S 2006-12-22 Became Public Law No: 109-464. Related bill CRS 2006-03-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-03-16 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2006-05-09 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2006-05-22 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2006-05-25 False Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Crime and Law Enforcement Law Licenses Picketing Public demonstrations Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2006-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-17T20:36:15Z Dignity for Military Funerals Act of 2006 - Prohibits states or local governments from issuing permits for picketing during the funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces.

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit persons from picketing at the funeral of a member or former member of the Armed Forces. Imposes a fine and/or imprisonment of up to five years.

Defines "picketing" as protest activities within 300 feet of a cemetery, mortuary, or church from one hour before to one hour after a funeral of a member of the Armed Forces.

]]> Dignity for Military Funerals Act of 2006 Display Title Dignity for Military Funerals Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit picketing at the funerals of members and former members of the armed forces. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Dignity for Military Funerals Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2452is/xml/BILLS-109s2452is.xml 2006-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.