House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Stump R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionMar 18, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 23, 1999 · 428–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 1999 — 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. 70.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 70, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Elligibility Act” on February 24, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 6, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11375
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 70, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/70
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52df815273a0430f289ccb82530c236d410aeca73c590d4956b27e74228e45d4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 70, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on March 22, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 18, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11442
- CBO publication date
- March 22, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 70, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/70
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52df815273a0430f289ccb82530c236d410aeca73c590d4956b27e74228e45d4
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-70 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 19, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/70
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 70, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/70
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52df815273a0430f289ccb82530c236d410aeca73c590d4956b27e74228e45d4
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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
115 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 45 Democrats
47 of 115 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Robert Borski (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Philip Crane (R-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Pat Danner (D-MO), Jim Davis (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL) and 85 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Stump.
- H.R. 4864 (106th) Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000
- H.J.Res. 34 (106th) Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
- H.R. 4850 (106th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000
- H.R. 2280 (106th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999
- H.R. 747 (106th) Arizona Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1999
- H.R. 604 (106th) To amend the charter of the AMVETS organization.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.