About the bill
Under current law, spouses and eligible dependents of active-duty military are not allowed to be buried in a national cemetery if the spouse or dependent dies before the active-duty service-member. H.R. 4335 , the Service-member Family Burial Act would allow the spouses and eligible dependents of active-duty service-members who predecease the service-member to be interred in a national cemetery, if such death occurs before October 1, 2024.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
1 Cosponsor (1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Cramer: house passes legislation to aid families of veterans”
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Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
on May 8, 2018
“The Week Ahead - scheduled votes, committee action and other important notes for the week of May 7, 2018”
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Rep. David Young [R-IA3, 2015-2018]
on May 7, 2018
“This Week in Congress - May 11, 2018”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
on May 14, 2018
History
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Nov 9, 2017
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Introduced
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Mar 1, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate (House next)
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Mar 20, 2018
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Considered by Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.
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May 7, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Dec 10, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
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Dec 19, 2018
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Final Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Dec 31, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 4335 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4335. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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