# S. 1071 (119th): A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V

A bill 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: cemetery_disinterment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defense_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: national_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: omnibus. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: veterans_affairs. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 319: On Motion to Commit. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 320: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 646: On the Motion to Proceed S. 1071. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 647: On the Cloture Motion S. 1071. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 648: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071). Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The summary describes an omnibus defense authorization with largely ordinary and prudential goods (force structure, military personnel, health care, construction, maritime safety) alongside war funding and foreign military aid whose justice depends on specific operations and commitments not shown in the metadata. Nothing in the summary directly advances a named moral harm, so the existing 'evil' polarity, driven only by the war_funding tag, is stronger than the metadata supports. The title's unrelated cemetery subject adds uncertainty about which text is actually described.
Theological note: Issue relevance: the civil sword and the just ordering of public force bear on this measure, since defense authorization funds armed forces and some foreign military aid. Care for those who served and reverence for the honored dead are also relevant to the cemetery-disinterment title. Whether any particular war or aid program is just cannot be settled from this metadata alone and would require review of the operative text.

## Recorded votes

Roll 319: On Motion to Commit. Yea 209 · Nay 216 · Other 8.
Roll 320: On Passage. Yea 312 · Nay 112 · Other 9.
Roll 646: On the Motion to Proceed S. 1071. Yea 75 · Nay 22 · Other 3.
Roll 647: On the Cloture Motion S. 1071. Yea 76 · Nay 20 · Other 4.
Roll 648: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071). Yea 77 · Nay 20 · Other 3.

HTML: https://justmeasure.org/bill/s-1071-119/