3.0.0 2951 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z Senate S S 2014-11-20 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-11-20T18:28:19Z Veterans Dignified Burial Act 113 5369 HR 2014-09-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2014-11-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N Armed Forces and National Security Business records Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Government information and archives Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2014-11-26T20:13:33Z Veterans Dignified Burial Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) upon confirming the veteran status of a deceased veteran in the custody of a local medical examiner, funeral director, county service group, or other similar entity, to request from such entity the specific date of the scheduled interment of such veteran; and (2) during each 30-day period following such request, to repeat the request until such entity confirms that such veteran has been interred.

Requires the Secretary, by January 31 of each year, to submit to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees a report on deceased veterans who were interred after the 30-day period following the date on which the Secretary made such request. Requires the report to include: (1) the number of deceased veterans who were not interred in such 30-day period during the prior year, (2) the number of such deceased veterans who are not interred as of the date of the report, and (3) the entity with custody of each such deceased veteran.

]]> Veterans Dignified Burial Act Display Title Veterans Dignified Burial Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is informed of the interment of deceased veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Dignified Burial Act Introduced in Senate 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2951is/xml/BILLS-113s2951is.xml 2014-11-20 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.