House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act

H.R. 3211Introduced Feb 12, 1998Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 12, 1998
Committee actionMar 11, 1998
Passed HouseMar 24, 1998 · 412–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 25, 1998 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3211.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3211, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on March 12, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 11, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10680
CBO publication date
March 12, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3211, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-458 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 24, 1998.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3211, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

91 cosponsors — 59 Republicans, 32 Democrats

33 of 91 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Jon Christensen (R-NE), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Cooksey (R-LA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Pat Danner (D-MO), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL) and 61 more.

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