Amendment prohibits the performance of military honors at the funeral of a person who has been convicted of a crime for which death is a possible punishment and for which the person was sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.

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Amendment Number
194
Description
Amendment prohibits the performance of military honors at the funeral of a person who has been convicted of a crime for which death is a possible punishment and for which the person was sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.
Purpose
An amendment which denies eligibility for burial with military honors and burial in a national cemetery to any service member who is convicted of a crime punishable by the death penalty, and who is sentenced either to death or life imprisonment without parole.
Congress
105
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 23, 1997
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Bachus amendment (A011) Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 0 (Roll no. 225).
Latest Action Time
18:03:57
Submitted Date
Jun 23, 1997
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 194 — Informed