A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the State sentences for which burial in National Cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery are prohibited to include any sentence of life imprisonment for a State capital crime.

Summary

Expands the prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery System for persons convicted of a State capital crime for which the person was sentenced to life imprisonment to include any sentence of life imprisonment. (Currently, the prohibition applies only to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole).

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Timeline

1. 22 September 2005

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 September 2005

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10380-10381)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 September 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 September 2005 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 September 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 September 2005

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 September 2005

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Sponsors

• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
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