Full Military Honors Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-646
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-03-05
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' organizations and recognition

Virginia
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Full Military Honors Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires full military honors to be provided for the funerals of certain veterans. Specifically, a veteran shall receive full military honors if the veteran (1) is first interred or inurned in Arlington National Cemetery, (2) was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal, and (3) is not entitled to full military honors because of such veteran's grade. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 646 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2019 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Ms. Hassan , and Ms. Warren ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Full Military Honors Act of 2019 . 2. Full military honors ceremony for certain veterans Section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) The Secretary concerned shall provide full military honors (as determined by the Secretary concerned) for the funeral of a veteran who— (A) is first interred or first inurned in Arlington National Cemetery on or after the date of the enactment of the Full Military Honors Act of 2019; (B) was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-of-war medal; and (C) is not entitled to full military honors by the grade of that veteran. .