Veterans' Housing and Memorial Affairs Amendments of 1985

Summary

Veterans' Housing and Memorial Affairs Amendments of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to report to the Congress a plan to expand the national cemetery system in at least ten areas with the greatest need. Directs the Administrator to consider acquiring existing State cemeteries to meet such need. Gives contingent dates for the submission of the first such report. Amends provisions concerning national cemeteries and memorials to require that each grave marker in a national cemetery be upright. Provides an exception for individuals requesting flat markers. Requires the Administrator, no later than January 1, 1986, to designate for each cemetery in the National Cemetery System a section for graves with upright markers and a section for graves with flat markers. Directs the Administrator to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California, on land which is donated by the Romero Ranch Company. Authorizes the Administrator to assist certain disabled veterans in acquiring a residence already adapted with special features deemed necessary due to the veteran's disability. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the one-percent loan origination fee charged by the Veterans Administration (VA) to veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by the VA should not be increased. Directs the President to request additional appropriations if he finds that additional funding for the VA home loan guarantee program is required.

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Timeline

1. 2 May 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 May 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 May 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 May 1985

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 May 1985

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 15 May 1985

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 67.

   Source: Calendars

7. 15 May 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 99-109.

   Source: Committee

8. 15 May 1985

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 99-109.

   Source: Committee

9. 20 May 1985

   Passed

   Passed House by Voice Vote.

   Source: Floor

10. 20 May 1985

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

11. 20 May 1985

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

12. 22 May 1985

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

    Source: IntroReferral

13. 7 October 1986

    Committee

    Certain Provisions Included in H.R.5299.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 May 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sundquist, Don [R-TN-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rowland, John G. [R-CT-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Wylie, Chalmers P. [R-OH-15] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dowdy, Wayne [D-MS-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Molinari, Guy [R-NY-14] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hendon, Bill [R-NC-11] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Robinson, Tommy F. [D-AR-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Coelho, Anthony Lee [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing
• · hsvr00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the one-percent fee charged by the Veterans' Administration to veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration should not be increased.
• related to → A bill to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, California.
• related to → A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the orderly expansion of the National Cemetery System, and for other purposes.
• related to → A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove an inequity in the Veterans' Administration program to provide assistance to certain disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted residences.
• related to ← Veterans' Benefits Improvement and Health Care Authorization Act of 1986