118th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
S. 3126: Mark Our Place Act
Became Law
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (completed)
Summary
This act authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone, marker, or medallion signifying the status of a deceased member of the Armed Forces as a Medal of Honor recipient regardless of when the member served. Under current law, only Medal of Honor recipients who served after 1917 are eligible for such markers.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Sherrod Brown D-OHOriginal
- Jon Tester D-MTOriginal
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Ted Cruz R-TX
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Gary Peters D-MI
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mike Braun SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, discharged, passed Senate, passed House, became law6 events+160
- 2Richard BlumenthalCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Sherrod BrownCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Bill CassidyCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Ted CruzCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Signed by the President. Became Public Law 118-134.
- Presented to the President.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Introduced in the Senate by Mike Braun.
Show the full action history (17 actions)
- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 118-134.
- Presented to President.
- Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6035-6036)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3126.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6035-6036)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6035-6036)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3294)
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3294)
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3294)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.