3.0.0 2027 2023-01-11T20:28:03Z 2023-01-11T20:28:03Z Senate S S 2007-09-06 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-06T21:22:05Z 2007-09-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-09-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA Y Armed Forces and National Security Commemorations Families Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Holidays Memorial Day Military dependents Military medals, decorations, etc. Veterans Day Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-09-06 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-04T21:46:44Z Veterans' Pride Initiative Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and promote programs and activities for honoring veterans, increasing public awareness and appreciation of veterans' service, and encouraging veterans and their families to express pride in such service.

Authorizes the next-of-kin of a deceased veteran to wear awards and decorations earned by the veteran during programs and activities in connection with Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day events, as well as such other patriotic observances as the Secretary may prescribe.

]]> Veterans' Pride Initiative Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, chapter 5, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and promote programs and activities honoring veterans and to authorize the next of kin of a deceased veteran to wear the veteran's awards and decorations under certain circumstances. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Veterans' Pride Initiative Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Pride Initiative Act Introduced in Senate 2007-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2027is/xml/BILLS-110s2027is.xml 2007-09-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.