HR 70 · 106th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.(1999-03-24)
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Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act - Allows the remains of the following persons to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery: (1) any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member and any person who served on active duty and at the time of death was entitled to retired pay (or would have been so entitled but for his or her age); (3) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (4) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (5) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (6) the President or any former President; (7) the spouse, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Cemetery's Superintendent, unmarried adult child of an interred member (but only if buried in the same gravesite); (8) the spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member on active duty if such person dies while th…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 70, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Elligibility Act
Feb 24, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 6, 1999
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 70, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
Mar 22, 1999Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 18, 1999
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
10 Democrats10 Republicans