H.R. 5084
Referred to CommitteeMedal of Honor Legacy Act
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
5/13/2016 • House
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.
Introduced in House • 4/27/2016
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April 27, 2016
Referred 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.
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