HR 6830 United States House · 117th Congress

Headstones for Honor Act

Summary

Headstones for Honor Act This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones or markers for unmarked graves (or graves in private cemeteries) of specified individuals, including enslaved individuals who served in the Armed Forces in lieu of another individual or those who performed a military function while prohibited from serving as a member of the Armed Forces on the basis of race, gender, sex, or ethnicity.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2022

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Feb 25, 2022 Last action Mar 28, 2022

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Full legislative history

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Total actions

3

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Committee

2

Mar 28, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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Feb 25, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Feb 25, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Anthony G. Brown

C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Marilyn Strickland

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Shontel M. Brown

Steven Horsford