US HB5084 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Medal of Honor Legacy Act This bill directs the Department of the Army to reserve 100 in-ground burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of deceased Medal of Honor recipients. Such requirement shall terminate when the Army submits a report on the cemetery's interment and inurnment capacity that includes: (1) the estimated date of achieving maximum capacity; and (2) recommendations to ensure that such capacity is not reached until well into the future, including actions to redefine interment eligibility and considerations for cemetery expansion.

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Title

Medal of Honor Legacy Act

Sponsors

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-05-13HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2016-05-06HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2016-04-27HouseReferred to House Armed Services
2016-04-27HouseReferred to House Veterans' Affairs
2016-04-27HouseReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-04-27HouseIntroduced in House

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