About the bill
Is this the way to honor those who lost their lives?
Context
4,431 U.S. military members have died in Iraq and 2,352 have died in Afghanistan since 2001.
There are official national memorials for U.S. service members who died in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, but not for the post-2001 Global War on Terror. (Interestingly, there is no official national Civil War memorial either.)
The Global War on Terrorism Memorial Act of 2017 authorized a private tax-exempt foundation to begin the process of raising money for and designing the potential memorial. Taxpayer funds were explicitly banned. The law was relatively noncontroversial, passing by a voice vote in the House and by unanimous consent in the Senate.
So can’t they ...
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
Introduced on Mar 2, 2021
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on March 2, 2021. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
22 Cosponsors (15 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 Independent)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“ICYMI: Westermans climate change solution: Plant trees”
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Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR4]
on Jun 30, 2021
“Rep. Westerman, only forester in Congress, wants to see 1 trillion more trees”
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Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR4]
on Jun 29, 2021
History
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Sep 10, 2020
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Introduced
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Mar 2, 2021
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Introduced
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Jun 23, 2021
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Considered by National Parks
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Signed by the President
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S. 535 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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