# 114-hr-2490: Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act

114-hr-2490, Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2490
- Congress: 114
- Title: Bertie's Respect for National Cemeteries Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Introduced: 2015-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] (R-AL), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] (R-OH), 2015-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2015-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2015-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2015-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2490 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2490)

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- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [114-hr-699: Email Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-699)
- [114-hr-160: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-160)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2490 (as of 2025-11-18).