Hallowed Grounds Act

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R HartzlerSponsor

45 cosponsors · 3 D, 42 R

38 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Hallowed Grounds Act - Prohibits the remains of persons convicted of certain sex offenses (tier III sex offenders for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act) from being interred or memorialized in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries or in the Arlington National Cemetery.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 24, 2011

Applies such restrictions to interments and memorializations occurring on or after enactment of this Act.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Hallowed Grounds Act

Latest action (Jun 6, 2012): Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 24, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.