2009-10-28T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5358 tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-28:/action/213073 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemember Civil Relief Act, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-28:/action/213795 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes".<br /><br />October 28, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-84. tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-28:/action/213236 2009-10-28T00:00:00Z The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes".<br /><br />October 28, 2009: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-26:/action/212993 2009-10-26T00:00:00Z The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes".<br /><br />October 26, 2009: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-22:/action/212610 2009-10-22T00:00:00Z The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes".<br /><br />October 22, 2009: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-07:/action/201727 2009-07-07T00:00:00Z A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-26:/action/201399 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-02:/action/197075 2009-06-02T00:00:00Z The title was amended in conference to read as follows: "to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes".<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-21:/action/196522 2009-05-21T00:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-21:/action/196582 2009-05-21T00:00:00Z To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist in the identification of unclaimed and abandoned human remains to determine if any such remains are eligible for burial in a national cemetery, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-21:/action/196559 2009-05-21T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-19:/action/195681 2009-05-19T00:00:00Z To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-05:/action/193733 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-28:/action/192872 2009-04-28T00:00:00Z A concurrent resolution authorizing the last surviving veteran of the First World War to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon his death.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-23:/action/192133 2009-04-23T00:00:00Z Urging all Americans and people of all nationalities to visit the national cemeteries, memorials, and markers on Memorial Day.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-31:/action/190012 2009-03-31T00:00:00Z A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and northwest Missouri.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-25:/action/189128 2009-03-25T00:00:00Z A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in southern Colorado region, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-19:/action/188553 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a member of the Armed Forces to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-02-24:/action/185917 2009-02-24T00:00:00Z To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve veterans in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and northwest Missouri.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-02-23:/action/185189 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that geographic area.<br /><br />