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H.R. 4359: Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

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H.R. 4359: Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-01 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

Plain summary

Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make available for purchase a memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave of: (1) an individual who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training as a member of a reserve component, but did not serve on active duty and is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial headstone or marker on account of the nature of the individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other cause; or (2) such an individual whose remains are unavailable.

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Official text

Honor Guardsmen and Reservists Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4359 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113