Special Guerrilla Unit Veterans Service Recognition Expansion Act of 2021
Summary
Special Guerrilla Unit Veterans Service Recognition Expansion Act of 2021 This bill expands eligibility for internment in national cemeteries to include certain individuals who the Department of Veterans Affairs determines served honorably with a special guerilla unit or irregular forces in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975. Such individuals are eligible if, at the time of their death, they resided in the United States and were a U.S. citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 4, 2021
Last action Jul 26, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
2
Jul 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
lower
May 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
May 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Costa
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
David N. Cicilline
DDemocratic
Co
Dean Phillips
DDemocratic
Co
Don Young
RRepublican
Co
Ed Perlmutter
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn Grothman
RRepublican
Co
Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
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