Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or their spouses and children) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery.
Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a
The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery to allow for the internment of the specified individuals; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state veterans' cemeteries that were established before the date of enactment of this bill.
The bill also provides for plot allowances for the burial of veterans at cemeteries that allow the internment of the individuals listed in the bill.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-25 | President | Became Public Law No: 117-158. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-06-25 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-06-24 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-24 | ResolvingDifferences | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-24 | ResolvingDifferences | On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5892-5893) | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-24 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-24 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1204, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Scott (VA) motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to S. 2089. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-24 | ResolvingDifferences | Mr. Scott (VA) moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the House amendment. (consideration: CR H5892-5895) | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2022-06-23 | ResolvingDifferences | Senate agreed to the House amendment to the title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3137) | Senate |
| 2022-06-23 | ResolvingDifferences | Senate concurred in the House amendment to S.2089 with an amendment (SA 5133) by Unanimous Consent. | Senate |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3137) | Senate |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill. | Senate |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 42 (Roll no. 290). (text: CR H5837) | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5853-5854) | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | At 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 |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2089. | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5837-5840) | House floor actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Floor | Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2022-03-08 | Floor | Held at the desk. | House floor actions |
| 2022-03-08 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2022-03-08 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2022-03-07 | Floor | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1013; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1013) | Senate |
| 2022-03-01 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 288. | Senate |
| 2022-03-01 | Committee | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Tester with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. | Senate |
| 2021-12-15 | Committee | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate |
| 2021-11-17 | Committee | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. | Senate |
| 2021-06-16 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate |
| 2021-06-16 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |