3.0.0 2822 2023-01-11T13:25:06Z 2023-01-11T13:25:06Z Senate S S 2014-09-16 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2014-12-11T00:53:04Z Referred to 2014-09-16T21:02:56Z Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 113 4446 HR 2014-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 113 1755 S 2013-11-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2014-12-11 14:17:23 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2014-12-11 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2014-12-11 11:28:07 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2014-12-10 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6580-6581) Floor 2014-12-10 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6580-6581) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6580-6581) Discharge 2014-12-10 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6580-6581) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2014-09-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-09-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-09-16 Introduced in Senate 2014-10-30T21:56:30Z Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - 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.
]]> 82 2014-12-10 Passed Senate without amendment 2014-12-18T16:21:10Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 - 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 2014 Display Title Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2014 Engrossed in Senate 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2822es/xml/BILLS-113s2822es.xml Introduced in Senate 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2822is/xml/BILLS-113s2822is.xml 2014-12-11 Held at the desk. 14:17:23 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.