To expand the eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans…

Full title

To expand the eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes.

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R MillerSponsor

No cosponsors.

House Introduced Mar 16, 2016
House Passed Nov 29, 2016 401–0

If the VA furnished a headstone, marker, or medallion for a deceased veteran that does not signify his or her status as a Medal of Honor recipient, the VA shall upon request replace that headstone, marker, or medallion with one that signifies the deceased's status as a Medal of Honor recipient.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Nov 29, 2016

(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish at a private cemetery, and upon request, a headstone, marker, or medallion that signifies the status of an eligible veteran who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917, as a Medal of Honor recipient.

(Sec. 2) The bill authorizes award of the Presidential Memorial Certificate to certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, the Air or Army National Guard, and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

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

Votes to become law

House · Passed Nov 29, 2016 · 401 Yea – 0 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: Paul D. Ryan

About this bill and sources

Official title: To expand the eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteries, and for other purposes.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Yea
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-1	Not Voting
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Not Voting
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Yea
Matt Salmon	R	AZ-5	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-8	Yea
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-20	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Yea
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-24	Yea
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Janice Hahn	D	CA-44	Not Voting
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-46	Not Voting
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Yea
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Yea
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Yea
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	Yea
John Carney	D	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-10	Yea
Richard Nugent	R	FL-11	Not Voting
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
David Jolly	R	FL-13	Not Voting
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Yea
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Yea
Patrick Murphy	D	FL-18	Yea
Curt Clawson	R	FL-19	Not Voting
Gwen Graham	D	FL-2	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-21	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	Yea
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-5	Not Voting
Ron DeSantis	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Yea
Alan Grayson	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Not Voting
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Yea
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Yea
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Yea
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
David Young	R	IA-3	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-4	Yea
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Bob Dold	R	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Yea
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Yea
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Tammy Duckworth	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Yea
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Not Voting
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Yea
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Yea
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Yea
Todd Young	R	IN-9	Yea
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS-1	Yea
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Yea
Mike Pompeo	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Yea
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Yea
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Yea
Charles Boustany	R	LA-3	Yea
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Yea
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Yea
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	Yea
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
John Delaney	D	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Yea
Dan Benishek	R	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Not Voting
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-13	Not Voting
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Yea
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Yea
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Yea
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Yea
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Not Voting
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Yea
Ryan Zinke	R	MT-AL	Yea
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Yea
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
George Holding	R	NC-13	Yea
Renee Ellmers	R	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Not Voting
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Yea
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Yea
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Yea
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Brad Ashford	D	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Yea
Frank Guinta	R	NH-1	Not Voting
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Not Voting
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Joseph Heck	R	NV-3	Yea
Cresent Hardy	R	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-13	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Not Voting
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Christopher Gibson	R	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Richard Hanna	R	NY-22	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Not Voting
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Yea
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Not Voting
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Jim Bridenstine	R	OK-1	Yea
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Yea
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Not Voting
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Yea
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-2	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Yea
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Yea
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Yea
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Not Voting
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Yea
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Yea
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Yea
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Yea
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Not Voting
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
Stephen Fincher	R	TN-8	Not Voting
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Not Voting
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Yea
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Not Voting
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Not Voting
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Not Voting
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Yea
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Yea
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Scott Rigell	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Not Voting
Robert Hurt	R	VA-5	Not Voting
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Not Voting
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Yea
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Yea
Reid Ribble	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Yea
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Yea
Evan Jenkins	R	WV-3	Yea
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Yea

To expand the eligibility for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Nov 29, 2016