Medal of Honor Legacy Act

Bill: 114-hr-5084
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2016-04-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Congressional oversight

Congressional tributes

Military personnel and dependents

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medal of Honor Legacy Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of the Army to reserve 100 in-ground burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for interment of deceased Medal of Honor recipients.</p> <p>Such requirement shall terminate when the Army submits a report on the cemetery's interment and inurnment capacity that includes: (1) the estimated date of achieving maximum capacity; and (2) recommendations to ensure that such capacity is not reached until well into the future, including actions to redefine interment eligibility and considerations for cemetery expansion. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5084 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2016 Ms. Titus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Army to reserve a certain number of burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for individuals who have been awarded the Medal of Honor, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medal of Honor Legacy Act . 2. Burial plots at Arlington National Cemetery for individuals awarded the Medal of Honor (a) Reservation Of the number of in-ground burial plots available at Arlington National Cemetery as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall reserve 100 such plots to inter deceased individuals who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. (b) Termination The requirement under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary of the Army to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the interment and inurnment capacity of Arlington National Cemetery that includes— (1) the estimated date that the Secretary determines the cemetery will reach maximum interment and inurnment capacity; and (2) in light of the unique and iconic meaning of the cemetery to the United States, recommendations for legislative actions and nonlegislative options that the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that the maximum interment and inurnment capacity of the cemetery is not reached until well into the future, including such actions and options with respect to— (A) redefining eligibility criteria for interment and inurnment in the cemetery; and (B) considerations for additional expansion opportunities beyond the current boundaries of the cemetery.