To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for burial benefits to include certain veterans who die in State nursing homes.
Latest action. See H.R.3673.
Extends eligibility for veterans' burial benefits to deceased veterans who were receiving nursing home care pursuant to payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to State homes on behalf of veterans eligible to receive such care in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 19, 1995. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
See H.R.3673.
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The record's latest action, on June 19, 1996: See H.R.3673.
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In the 104th Congress (1995-96), 333 of the 6,806 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
BOB STUMP (R-AZ) introduced it on October 19, 1995, and 5 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 2 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 19, 1995, 11285 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 11041 days ago, on June 19, 1996.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 104th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1997 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseSee H.R.3673.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action