NATIONAL CEMETERIES

Amendments

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11191, S11224, S11231 [5NO], S11240, S11256, S11257 [6NO], S11267, S11268, S11270, S11273, S11295, S11296, S11297, S11298 [9NO], S11313, S11320, S11331, S11334, S11351, S11352 [10NO], S11362, S11363, S11364, S11377, S11378, S11390 [16NO], S11404, S11405, S11406, S11407, S11438 [17NO], H7983, H7984, H7985, H7986, H7987, H7990 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7958 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (S. 1407), S9685 [22SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11411 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: acquire a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery (see H.R. 217), H36 [6JA]

———assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see H.R. 2642), H6012 [21MY]

———conduct a study on the acquisition of a parcel of land adjacent to Beaufort National Cemetery (see H.R. 210), H35 [6JA]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in Sarpy County, NE, region (see S. 746), S4062 [31MR] (see H.R. 1163), H2631 [24FE]

———establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (see S. 691), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 174), H34 [6JA]

———establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that area (see H.R. 1114), H2601 [23FE]

———provide guidelines for establishment of new national cemeteries (see H.R. 3544), H9396 [9SE]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (H.R. 3954) (see H.R. 3886), H11580 [21OC]

———require honor guards participating in funerals of veterans in national cemeteries to offer families the option of having a 13-fold flag recitation (see H.R. 2586), H6010 [21MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see S. 1407), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 3082), H7703 [26JN]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (see H. Res. 622), H7945 [9JY]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans (see H. Res. 916), H13266 [18NO]

House Rules: require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 225), H3104 [9MR]

Memorial Day: urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (see H. Res. 360), H4733 [23AP]

Veterans: provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries (see S. 1866), S10734 [26OC] (see S. 2096), S10916 [29OC] (see H.R. 761), H778 [28JA]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 358), S11883 [20NO]

Letters

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services: Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America (organization), H7975 [10JY]

———Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS (organization), H7976 [10JY]

———Raymond E. Dempsey, DAV, H7974 [10JY]

———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H7975 [10JY]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, H7975 [10JY]

Tribute to Nolan B. Giere: Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force, S3113 [16MR]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11368 [16NO], S11409 [17NO]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, H7989, H7990 [10JY]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H7731 [7JY]

Arlington National Cemetery: tribute to Army 3d Infantry Regiment continuous guard detail at the Tomb of the Unknowns, H8393 [20JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (H.R. 174), H12168-H12170 [2NO]

———provide guidelines for establishment of new national cemeteries (H.R. 3544), H12168 [2NO]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (H.R. 3886), E2674 [29OC]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H14466, H14473 [10DE]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7960-H7992 [10JY], E1730, E1733, E1742 [13JY], E1764 [14JY], E1772 [15JY], E1857 [21JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951-H7960 [10JY]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), earmark declaration, H7976 [10JY], E1639, E1644, E1649 [7JY], E1680, E1683 [8JY], E1687, E1688, E1690, E1692, E1698, E1703, E1704, E1707, E1708 [9JY], E1713, E1714, E1715, E1716, E1717, E1718, E1719, E1720, E1722 [10JY], E1754 [14JY], E1838 [17JY], E1894 [22JY], E2126 [31JY]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: tribute to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Memorial Service Detachment unit for performance of military funeral honors for veterans, H12492 [6NO]

Memorial Day: urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers (H. Res. 360), H5726-H5728 [19MY], H5896, H5897 [21MY], E1212 [20MY], E1230, E1253, E1254, E1258, E1262 [21MY], E1341 [8JN]

National Park Service: improve cemetery maintenance standards, H7407 [25JN]

Veterans: provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries, H12158 [2NO]

Remarks in Senate

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11191 [5NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region (S. 691), S3786 [25MR]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), S11187-S11191 [5NO], S11239-S11241 [6NO], S11265, S11267-S11273, S11283 [9NO], S11313, S11316, S11320-S11322, S11325, S11326, S11331 [10NO], S11361, S11370, S11377-S11379 [16NO], S11395, S11402-S11411 [17NO], S11485 [18NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), motion to commit, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), unanimous-consent agreement, S11334 [10NO]

———military construction and veterans' services across-the-board funding reduction, S11369, S11371 [16NO]

———prohibit funding for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), S11313 [10NO]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 358), S12089 [1DE], S13030 [11DE]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services, S11241 [6NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 622) (H. Rept. 111-195), H7945 [9JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3082) (H. Rept. 111-188), H7703 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1407) (S. Rept. 111-40), S7192 [7JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), consideration (H. Res. 622), H7951 [10JY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11191 [5NO]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11331 [10NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7963-H7967 [10JY], H14468-H14472 [10DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H7731 [7JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 360, urge all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit national cemeteries, memorials, and markers for Memorial Day, H5726 [19MY]

H. Res. 622, consideration of H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H7951 [10JY]

H.R. 174, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region, H12168 [2NO]

H.R. 3082, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S11500-S11508 [18NO], H7976-H7983 [10JY]

S. 691, establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region, S3787 [25MR]

S. Res. 358, Wreaths Across America Day, S11886 [20NO], S12089 [1DE]