1HOUSE · DEC 30, 2012
Passed the House
393–0PASSED
R 220–0 D 173–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 651 · 38 not voting
Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-260
Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012
Became law on Jan 10, 2013.
Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2012
- Committee actionDec 19, 2012
- Passed SenateDec 19, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 30, 2012 · 393–0
- To the PresidentJan 1, 2013
- Became lawJan 10, 2013
Latest action: Jan 10, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 112-260.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3202.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3202, Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012” on December 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for S. 3202, as provided to CBO on December 18, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43794
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3202, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3202
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 3202, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on S. 3202. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Richard Burr (R-NC), Dean Heller (R-NV), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray.
- S. 894 (112th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011
- S. 3313 (112th) Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012
- S.Res. 500 (112th) A resolution celebrating the accomplishments of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, also known as the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal…
- S.Res. 258 (112th) A resolution supporting the designation of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.
- S.Res. 546 (112th) A resolution designating the week of September 10, 2012, as "National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week".
- S.Res. 371 (112th) A resolution designating the week of February 6 through 10, 2012, as "National School Counseling Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.