HR-4910 : Became Public Law

Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in open cemeteries under National Park Service control.

The use of outer burial receptacles in such cemeteries shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by Interior.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-06-15PresidentBecame Public Law No: 115-184.House floor actions
2018-06-15PresidentSigned by President.House floor actions
2018-06-05FloorPresented to President.House floor actions
2018-05-25FloorMessage on Senate action sent to the House.Senate
2018-05-24FloorPassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2942)Senate
2018-05-08CalendarsReceived in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 399.Senate
2018-05-07FloorMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
2018-05-07VoteOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 0 (Roll no. 167). (text: CR H3753)House floor actions
2018-05-07FloorConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3761-3762)House floor actions
2018-05-07FloorAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.House floor actions
2018-05-07FloorDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4910.House floor actions
2018-05-07FloorConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3753-3755)House floor actions
2018-05-07FloorMr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.House floor actions
2018-03-20CommitteeCommittee Hearings Held.House committee actions
2018-02-01CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.House committee actions
2018-01-30IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2018-01-30IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.House floor actions
2018-01-30IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress