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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2005

H.R. 805Introduced Feb 15, 2005Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Shelley Berkley D-NV
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 18, 2006 — Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.

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

50 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 48 Democrats, 1 independent

1 of 50 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 20 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shelley Berkley.

Sponsor’s state and district

Nevada in Congress · NV-1 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.