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To designate the national cemetary in Saratoga, New York, as the "Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetary".

To designate the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the ``Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery''.

Introduced Aug 3, 1998

Latest action (Aug 12, 1998) Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee Benefits Subcommittee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary

This bill designates the national cemetery located in Saratoga, New York, with the official name "Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery." The bill requires that all references to this cemetery in federal laws, regulations, maps, documents, and other official records be updated to reflect the new name.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
88 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Aug 12, 1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. · house
  2. Aug 3, 1998 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  3. Aug 3, 1998 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 3, 1998

Mr. McNulty (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Manton, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Camp, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Frost, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Danner, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Kim, Mrs. Clayton, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Cox of California, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Pappas, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Manzullo, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Goss, Mr. Goode, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Boehlert, Ms. Granger, Mrs. Morella, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Engel, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Latham, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Towns, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Ryun, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Souder, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, and Mr. Weygand) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To designate the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the “Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

The national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, is hereby designated as the “Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery”. Any reference to such national cemetery in a law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the “Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery”. <all>

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