3.0.0 4949 2023-08-02T11:00:24Z 2023-08-02T11:00:24Z Senate S 2022-09-27 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2022-12-20T03:21:25Z Referred to 2022-09-27T20:05:40Z 2023-01-05 Became Public Law No: 117-355. President E40000 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-05 Became Public Law No: 117-355. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-05 Signed by President. President E30000 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-05 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-28 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-28 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-22 16:19:39 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2022-12-22 16:19:36 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10038-10039) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2022-12-22 16:19:36 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10038-10039) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-22 16:12:46 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4949. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-22 16:12:44 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10038-10040) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-22 16:12:31 Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2022-12-21 14:47:07 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-21 14:04:03 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2022-12-20 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2022-12-19 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7303-7304; text: CR S7303-7304) Floor 2022-12-19 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7303-7304; text: CR S7303-7304) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2022-12-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2022-12-19 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2022-09-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2022-09-27 True Public Law 117-355 Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Sex offenses Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-12T16:05:50Z National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022

This bill addresses the administration and jurisdiction of national cemeteries, including by authorizing the Department of the Army to transfer certain lands to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, allowing the VA to designate green burial sections in national cemeteries, and prohibiting persons who have committed certain crimes from being interred or memorialized in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery.

]]> 55 2022-12-19 Passed Senate 2023-01-12T17:18:13Z National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022

This bill addresses the administration and jurisdiction of national cemeteries, including by authorizing the Department of the Army to transfer certain lands to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, allowing the VA to designate green burial sections in national cemeteries, and prohibiting persons who have committed certain crimes from being interred or memorialized in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery.

]]> 53 2022-12-22 Passed House 2023-01-17T17:16:30Z National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022

This bill addresses the administration and jurisdiction of national cemeteries, including by authorizing the Department of the Army to transfer certain lands to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, allowing the VA to designate green burial sections in national cemeteries, and prohibiting persons who have committed certain crimes from being interred or memorialized in the National Cemetery Administration or Arlington National Cemetery.

]]> 49 2023-01-05 Public Law 2023-08-02T10:58:08Z National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act of 2022

This act addresses the administration and jurisdiction of national cemeteries.

Specifically, the act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay a plot or interment allowance for a veteran if the veteran was buried before March 15, 2022, in a cemetery on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a tribal organization, and the organization that maintains or operates the cemetery applies for such allowance. Such allowance is only authorized if a plot or interment allowance was not already paid for the burial of such veteran.

The act also authorizes the VA to designate green burial sections in national cemeteries (i.e., sections of cemeteries in which the remains of individuals have been prepared for interment in a manner not involving chemicals or embalming fluids and have been interred in a natural manner or completely biodegradable burial receptacle).

The act authorizes the Department of the Army to transfer certain lands to the VA to expand the Fort Bliss National Cemetery.

In addition, the act authorizes the Department of the Interior to transfer certain land to the VA for the land to be used as a national cemetery.

Finally, the act prohibits persons who have committed certain crimes from being interred or memorialized in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery.]]>

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