S 1282 · 108th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish national cemeteries for geographically underserved populations of veterans, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.(2003-07-10)
Plain Language Summary
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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify the ten burial service areas in the United States that are most in need of a new national cemetery in order to ensure that 90 percent of the veterans who reside in each such area live within 75 miles of a national cemetery; (2) establish a national cemetery in each identified area; and (3) carry out advance planning in FY 2004 for the establishment of such cemeteries.…
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