S 1813 · 109th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend titles 10 and 38 of the United States Code, to modify the circumstances under which a person who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors.

Introduced 2005-10-03· Sponsored by Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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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. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10827)(2005-10-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Prohibits the interment or memorialization in a national cemetery of, or the performance of military funeral honors for, any person convicted of a federal or state capital crime for which a life sentence or the death penalty may be imposed. (Currently, such prohibition extends only to those so convicted who have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations to ensure that a person is not interred in a national cemetery or provided funeral honors unless a good faith effort has been made to determine whether such person is ineligible for such interment or honors.…

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Cosponsors (4)

2 Democrats2 Republicans