Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act

Bill: 108-hr-358
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2003-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed forces reserves
Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Congressional reporting requirements
Delegation of powers
Department of Defense
Disability retirement
Disabled
Ex-presidents
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Marriage
Married people
Military dependents
Military history
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military pensions
Military personnel
Missing in action
Monuments and memorials
Presidential powers
Retired military personnel
Virginia
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act - Allows the remains of the following persons to be interred at Arlington National Cemetery: (1) any member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty; (2) any retired member of the armed forces; (3) any member or former member of a reserve component of the armed forces who served on active duty, who was honorably discharged from active duty, who was under 60 years of age, and who, but for such age, would have been eligible for retired pay; (4) any former member who was separated for physical disability before October 1, 1949, who served on active duty, and who would have been eligible for disability retirement if such provisions had been in effect on such date; (5) any former member whose last active military service was terminated honorably and who has been awarded one of a number of specified military decorations; (6) any former prisoner of war who dies on or after November 30, 1993; (7) any reserve member who dies while on active duty for training or inactive duty training; (8) the President or any former President; (9) the spouse, surviving spouse, minor child, and, in the discretion of the Cemetery's Superintendent, unmarried adult child of an interred member (but only if buried in the same gravesite); (10) the spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member on active duty if such person dies while the member is on active duty; (11) the individual whose spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) is eligible under (10), above, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (12) the parents of a minor child or unmarried adult child whose remains, based on the parent's eligibility, are already buried in the Cemetery, but only if buried in the same gravesite; (13) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member who was lost, buried at sea, or officially determined to be permanently absent in a status of missing or missing in action; and (14) the surviving spouse, minor child, and unmarried adult child (discretionary) of a member buried in a cemetery under the jurisdiction of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Authorizes the President to deem an otherwise ineligible individual as eligible for such burial for extraordinary acts, services, or contributions to the armed forces.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-27
text: Introduced in House