HR 3944 · 117th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021

Introduced 2021-06-16· Sponsored by Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]· House

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Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 12.(2021-11-04)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or their spouses and children) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery. Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a member of a reserve component whose service was terminated under honorable conditions; member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard whose service was terminated under honorable conditions; member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who died under honorable conditions while a member; and spouse, minor child, or unmarried adult child of any member described above. The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery to allow for the internment of the specified individuals; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state vetera…

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H.R. 3944, Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021

Dec 7, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 4, 2021

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats3 Republicans