S 1751 · 109th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the State sentences for which burial in National Cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery are prohibited to include any sentence of life imprisonment for a State capital crime.

Introduced 2005-09-22· Sponsored by Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2005-09-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expands the prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery System for persons convicted of a State capital crime for which the person was sentenced to life imprisonment to include any sentence of life imprisonment. (Currently, the prohibition applies only to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole).…

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