Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 became law 374 days after introduction, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 255 words.
Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or their spouses and children) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery. Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a member of a reserve component, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard who, while a member, was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable or whose death occurred under conditions other than dishonorable; member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force whose death occurred under conditions other than dishonorable while a member; and spouse, minor child, or unmarried adult child of any member described above. The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery in which interment of the specified individuals is allowed; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state veterans' cemeteries that were established before the date of enactment of this bill. The bill also provides for plot allowances for the burial of veterans at cemeteries that allow the internment of individuals listed in the bill, including on trust land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization.
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food: 14 of 2,036 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.7%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 470 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 7, from enrolled bill to public law · 1,566 words
- Subjects
- Armed Forces and National SecurityCemeteries and funeralsMilitary education and trainingMilitary personnel and dependentsNational Guard and reservesState and local government operations +1 more
- Latest action
- Jun 25, 2022: Became Public Law No: 117-158.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 3 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 117th H.R. 3944 Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021 D · Reported
Related, per CRS or House · 2
- 117th H.R. 2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 D · Law
- 117th H.R. 8150 Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022 D · Introduced