3.0.0 695 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z Senate S 2015-03-10 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-10T18:59:27Z Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015 114 1338 HR 2015-11-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS Veterans First Act 114 2921 S 2016-05-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467. Related bill CRS 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery and Other Improvements Act 114 1203 S 2015-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2015-03-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-03-10 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 2015-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-21T15:17:54Z 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 Display Title Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015 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 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s695is/xml/BILLS-114s695is.xml 2015-03-10 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.