H.R.2586 - To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes.

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  • Official: To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from authorizing honor guards to participate in funerals of veterans interred in national cemeteries unless the honor guards may offer veterans' families the option of having the honor guard perform a 13-fold flag recitation, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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5/21/2009--Introduced.Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from authorizing an honor guard to participate in the funeral of any veteran interred in a national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration unless the honor guard offers to the family of each
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5/21/2009--Introduced.Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) from authorizing an honor guard to participate in the funeral of any veteran interred in a national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration unless the honor guard offers to the family of each veteran in whose funeral the honor guard chooses to participate the option of having it perform one of the 13-fold flag recitations. Expresses the sense of Congress that 13-fold flag recitations are a historical tradition and that it should be the policy of the VA to authorize honor guards to participate in the funerals of veterans and proactively offer such a recitation to each veteran's family.

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12/06/10
2008 Election

Bill HR 2586 ; vote number 2001-356 on Sep 25, 2001 Voted NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. Vote to pass a bill that provides $429.1 million in funds for the District of Columbia and approves the District\'s ...

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10/31/10
Defense Legislation: Veterans' Benefits: Burial Benefits and ...

Several bills have been introduced in the 111th Congress that would affect nonmonetary and monetary benefits, and national cemeteries: H.R. 174, H.R. 217, H.R. 731, H.R. 1037, H.R. 1114, H.R. 1163, H.R. 2586, H.R. 2594, H.R. 2642, ...

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10/18/10
Penny Hill Press » Blog Archive » Veterans' Benefits: Burial ...

Several bills have been introduced in the 111th Congress that would affect nonmonetary and monetary benefits, and national cemeteries: H.R. 174, H.R. 217, H.R. 731, H.R. 1037, H.R. 1114, H.R. 1163, H.R. 2586, H.R. 2594, H.R. 2642, ...

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