[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DIGNIFIED BURIAL OF VETERANS ACT OF 2012

  Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Veterans' 
Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3202, 
and the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3202) to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     ensure that deceased veterans with no known next of kin can 
     receive a dignified burial, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. MERKLEY. I ask unanimous consent the Murray substitute amendment 
at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and 
passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3407) was agreed to.
  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text 
Of Amendments.'')
  The bill (S. 3202), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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