CEMETERIES AND FUNERALS related term(s) National Cemeteries

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (S. 3202), S8226 [19DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3268 [30MY], H3320, H3324, H3326, H3327, H3331, H3340, H3341, H3342, H3343, H3344, H3345, H3346, H3364 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3287 [31MY]

Articles and editorials

He’s Done It All, S2959 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions

American Battle Monuments Commission: provide for ongoing maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines (see S. 2320), S2545 [19AP] (see H.R. 4168), H1303 [8MR]

Arlington National Cemetery: authorize burial of members who served in the Tomb Guard Platoon of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment which provides sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 4248), H1542 [22MR]

——— establish a Tomb of Remembrance for interment of unidentifiable or unclaimed remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or a subsequent conflict (see H.R. 5735), H2645 [10MY]

——— provide a site for a memorial marker to honor the memory of Army 24th Infantry Division members who have received the Medal of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 111), H1542 [22MR]

Armed Forces: require military command responsibility and accountability for the care, handling, and transportation of the remains of a deceased member to ensure treatment with dignity, honor, and respect (see H.R. 4913), H2205 [26AP]

Army: expand authority to loan or donate excess small arms to certain eligible organizations for funeral and other ceremonial purposes (see S. 2089), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 3981), H640 [8FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (see S. 3288), S4151 [13JN] (see H.R. 3874), H374 [1FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist in identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery (see S. 2244), S2166 [28MR]

——— ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (see S. 3202), S3280 [17MY] (see H.R. 6073), H4655 [29JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see S. 3215), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 5854), H3171 [25MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (see H. Res. 667), H3265 [30MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: accept voluntary service from veterans and veterans service organizations at national cemeteries (see H.R. 6044), H4156 [27JN]

Freedom of religion: include desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom (see H.R. 6355), H5707 [2AU]

New York, NY: establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center (see S. 2203), S1790 [19MR]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): tribute to mission to show sincere respect for fallen Armed Forces members by attending funeral services of a fallen member as invited guests of the family (see H. Res. 669), H3266 [30MY]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 2150), S1194 [1MR] (see H.R. 4149), H1209 [6MR] (see H.R. 4176), H1304 [8MR]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 5833), H3161 [18MY]

Motions

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3358 [31MY]

Remarks in House

Arlington National Cemetery: create a Tomb of the Unknowns for every military conflict moving forward, H1159 [6MR]

Armed Forces: clarify procedures for the care, handling, and transportation of the remains of a deceased member, H5037, H5038 [19JY], E1290 [19JY]

——— require military command responsibility and accountability for the care, handling, and transportation of the remains of a deceased member to ensure treatment with dignity, honor, and respect (H.R. 4913), E663 [26AP]

Army: require military chain of command for Army National Cemeteries, H3056, H3057 [17MY]

Carrollton, TX: tribute to Carrollton Black Cemetery, E1181 [29JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey cemeteries located on National Forest System land in the Black Hills National Forest to local South Dakota communities maintaining such cemeteries (H.R. 3874), H2681, H2682 [15MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (S. 3202), H7441–H7446 [30DE]

——— prohibit funding to hire a new director of a national cemetery who is not a veteran, H3342, H3343 [31MY]

——— protect freedom of speech of veterans service organizations participating in funerals or memorial services at veterans’ cemeteries, H3343 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H3344 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H603 [8FE]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3180 [30MY], H3277, H3309–H3346, H3356–H3360 [31MY], E957, E958, E963, E965, E966 [1JN], E1024 [7JN]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3281–H3289 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), motion to recommit, H3358 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), unanimous-consent agreement, H3331 [31MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: protect tribal sovereignty with respect to Native American burial or other sacred sites, H3785 [19JN]

District of Columbia: tribute to Woodland Cemetery, E139 [3FE]

Fort Sam Houston, TX: anniversary of Memorial Services Detachment, E889 [25MY]

Fouche, Aloysia: One Hundred Black Women of Funeral Service Organization Living Legends of Funeral Service Award recipient, E1501 [12SE]

Houston, TX: misplaced grave markers at Houston National Cemetery, H1301 [8MR]

McGuire Funeral Service, Inc.: anniversary, E1735 [6NO]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): tribute to Florida chapter, E1479 [11SE]

——— tribute to mission to show sincere respect for fallen Armed Forces members by attending funeral services of a fallen member as invited guests of the family (H. Res. 669), H3279 [31MY]

‘‘Taps’’: anniversary of writing, E1072 [19JN]

——— designate musical piece as National Song of Remembrance (H.R. 595), E1072 [19JN]

Veterans: make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty training but did not serve on active duty, H3324 [31MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure deceased veterans with no known next of kin can receive a dignified burial (S. 3202), S3287 [17MY], S8231 [19DE]

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: amend, S2582–S2585 [23AP], S2647 [24AP], S2690, S2691 [25AP]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (S. 2150), S1200 [1MR]

‘‘Taps’’: designate musical piece as National Song of Remembrance, S7154 [29NO]

Reports filed

Black Hills Cemetery Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3874) (H. Rept. 112–475), H2644 [10MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 667) (H. Rept. 112–504), H3265 [30MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5854) (H. Rept. 112–491), H3171 [25MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3215) (S. Rept. 112–168), S3422 [22MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3341 [31MY]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3311–H3314 [31MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 667, consideration of H.R. 5854, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3282 [31MY]

H.R. 3874, Black Hills Cemetery Act, H2681 [15MY]

S. 2150, clarify SSI policy that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources, S1201 [1MR]

S. 3202, Dignified Burial of Veterans Act, S3287 [17MY], H7442–H7445 [30DE]