H.R. 6456 has not moved since its introduction on Dec 4, 2025, with cosponsors, all Republicans
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.
IntroducedDec 4, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 78 words.
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, after notifying his next of kin. The VA must relinquish the remains to the next of kin or, if no next of kin responds to the notification, arrange for the disposition of the remains. Cota was interred prior to the enactment of regulations that would have barred his interment due to a 1975 rape conviction.
Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 41 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 127 words
- Latest action
- Dec 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
- 119th S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 R · Law
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]