United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2696 (110th)
Veterans' Dignified Burial Assistance Act of 2007
Introduced
13 June 2007
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Veterans' Dignified Burial Assistance Act of 2007 - Increases from $300 to $400 the burial plot allowance paid for veterans interred in cemeteries other than national cemeteries. Waives the requirement that, for a state to receive such allowance for the reimbursement of burial costs, it must file for such within two years after the burial or cremation of the veteran. Authorizes the use of up to $5 million per year under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) state cemetery grant program for operating and maintaining state cemeteries.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 June 2007
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 June 2007
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 June 2007
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2696
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2696