Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · S 2807
RESPECT Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-09-16Topic: veterans military · criminal justiceSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill changes federal law on who may be buried or memorialized in a national cemetery. It allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to reconsider burial or memorial decisions made on or after June 18, 1973. It changes the wording of the rule barring certain sex offenders so that it applies to people who meet the federal definition of a tier III sex offender, instead of people found to be tier III sex offenders for purposes of the registration law. It also repeals a section of an earlier law, the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act.
Sponsors
- John Cornyn Republican sponsor
- 5 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | Senate | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | refer |
| 2025-12-10 | Senate | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247. | refer |
| 2025-09-16 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | refer |
| 2025-09-16 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |