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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6456

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.

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Introduced 2025-12-04Topic: veterans military

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-12-04HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.refer
2025-12-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-12-04Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-25. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.