114-hr-2490114th Congress

Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act

Sponsored By: Representative Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]

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Summary

Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act This bill requires the appropriate federal official to take every reasonable action, including by searching public records, to ensure that a person who will be interred in a cemetery in the National Cemetery Administration or in Arlington National Cemetery is not ineligible for such interment by reason of having been convicted of a federal or state capital crime or a tier III sex offense. The bill applies the requirement of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act for a written notice of a disqualifying felony conviction with respect to any interment or memorialization conducted, either before or after enactment of that Act. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall: (1) disinter the remains of George E. Siple from Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (Pennsylvania); (2) notify his next of kin of the impending disinterment; and (3) upon disinterment, relinquish the remains to the next of kin or, if the next of kin of record is unavailable, arrange for the appropriate disposition of the remains.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]

PA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2015

  • Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 6/1/2015

  • Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 6/1/2015

  • Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 6/3/2015

  • Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 6/12/2015

  • Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 7/9/2015

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