House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2015
- Committee actionSep 17, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2015 · 409–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2015 — 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. 1338.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1338, Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015” on October 23, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 17, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50927
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1338, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1338
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-312 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 26, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/312
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1338, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1338
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 38, March 6, 2015, Page H1623):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1338, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1338
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
98 cosponsors — 59 Republicans, 38 Democrats, 1 independent
39 of 98 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 68 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster.
- H.R. 3996 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part II
- H.R. 3236 (114th) Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3819 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2353 (114th) Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
- H.R. 3614 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 4721 (114th) Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.