House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility of certain Reservists and their dependents for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2001
- Committee actionDec 13, 2001
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2001 — 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. 3423.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3423, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility of certain veterans and their dependents for burial in Arlington National Cemetery” on December 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on December 13, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13466
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3423, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c43834bb1c3d0e5ebbb1bfc601290ad11af6575e30eee5378c39228cb650e2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3423, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enact into law eligibility of certain veterans and their dependents for burial in Arlington National Cemetery” on December 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on December 13, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13466
- CBO publication date
- December 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3423, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c43834bb1c3d0e5ebbb1bfc601290ad11af6575e30eee5378c39228cb650e2
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. 107-346 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 19, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/346
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3423, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54c43834bb1c3d0e5ebbb1bfc601290ad11af6575e30eee5378c39228cb650e2
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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
17 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 801 (107th) Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 2001
- H.R. 2540 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 4085 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002
- H.R. 3253 (107th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act of 2002
- H.R. 2716 (107th) Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001
- H.R. 3838 (107th) To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive…
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.