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H.R. 1338: Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015

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H.R. 1338: Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 627 (2015): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1338 (2015-11-16), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 26, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study and report to Congress on matters relating to the interring of veterans' unclaimed remains in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, including: the scope of the issues relating to veterans' unclaimed remains, including the estimated number of such remains; the effectiveness of VA procedures for working with persons or entities having custody of unclaimed remains to facilitate their interment in such cemeteries; state and local laws that affect the Secretary's ability to inter unclaimed veterans' remains in such cemeteries; and recommendations for appropriate legislative or administrative action. (Sec. 3) The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 is amended to limit FY2016 awards and bonuses to $2 million for VA employees who are members of the Senior Executive Service.

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Official text

Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · 98 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1338, Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015 (2015-10-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brian Babin (R-TX), Scott Perry (R-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA) and 38 more.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1338 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114