CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Morgan Luttrell (R-TX)

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6456 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to remove the remains of Fernando V. Cota from the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas. The action must happen no later than one year after the bill becomes law. Before removing the remains, the Secretary must notify the next of kin. Once the remains are removed, they will either be given to the next of kin or handled as the Secretary sees fit if the next of kin does not respond.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill allows for the disinterment and potential return of remains to the family of the veteran.

  • Scored +5

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill facilitates the return of remains to the next of kin of a veteran.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.