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The Bereaved consumers Bill Of Rights Act is coming up for a vote in a Congressional Committee on Wed 7.21.10. This is an Important Congressional Vote for historic cemetery and death care reform.

The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act is in the the legislative process in the US Congress.

Recent Cemetery Scandals could have been prevented if this bill had been in effect. Those are the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal, The Eden Memorial Park Scandal and the recent Scandal at Arlington National Cemetery.

World's Largest Funeral Corporation has had a cemetery Scandal, like Bur Oak

Cemeteries often have little regulation  and get away with price gouging. Recently I helped a Friend with a a grave site purchase and because there was no Law I could do nothing about the $4700.00 Price Gouging. This was a corporate ,NYE:SCI, Service Corporation International cemetery,  price gouging.

I have issued a Call to Action on the Wed, 7.21.10. possible committee vote.

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Snppet From YourFuneralGuy.wordpress.com:

Your Funeral Guy asks you to IMMEDIATELY do three things:1.) Phone the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee at 202-225-2927 and 202-225-3641—you need to call BOTH numbers—to express emphatic support of  H.R. 3655.

2.) Phone friends and relatives and ask them to IMMEDIATELY call the two phone numbers listed above to express their emphatic SUPPORT to H.R. 3655.

3.) Phone your Congressman and tell him/her to contact the Energy & Commerce Committee to express SUPPORT for H.R. 3655. (Contact info for your Congressman is easily found at www.house.gov at upper left hand corner at “Enter Your Zip Code.”

The National Funeral Directors Association Has done the same Thing in Their Facebook Notes

via yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com

Snippet From NFDA Facebook Page:

The NFDA HAS CALLED FOLKS TO ACTION ON THEIR FACE BOOK PAGE

“ACTION NEEDED: House Committee Expected to Act on Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to meet in the coming week to consider and vote on the “Bereaved Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 2009″ (H.R. 3655), a bill which would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to initiate a separate rule covering all sellers of funeral or burial goods or services, including cemeteries, crematories and third-party sellers of funeral or burial goods or services.

The bill was pulled from committee consideration in early May at the request of its primary sponsor, Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., because of his opposition to a proposed amendment that would exempt non-profit religious cemeteries from the bill. Rush was concerned that for-profit cemetery operators could use the exemption to escape the requirements of the rule. While there was bipartisan support for the bill, and it most likely would have passed had the amendment not been introduced, it was pulled so committee staff could draft language that would address concerns about non-profit and religious cemeteries.

Because the Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to discuss this bill very soon, it is vital that you contact your representatives to demonstrate your support for this important legislation.

What is H.R. 3655?
H.R. 3655 would require the FTC to initiate a separate rule covering all sellers of funeral or burial goods or services, including cemeteries, crematories and third-party sellers of funeral or burial goods or services.

Why support H.R. 3655?
Through the Funeral Rule, the federal government regulates a portion, but not all segments, of funeral service. Consequently, consumers are only protected when they deal with funeral homes. H.R. 3655 would set a minimum national standard with which all sellers of funeral or burial goods or services – including non-profit and religious organizations – not covered by the Funeral Rule must comply. It would only apply to those who sell funeral or burial goods or services to the public, not to other businesses.

A lack of minimum national standards and inadequate state regulation has resulted in numerous serious scandals involving cemeteries and crematories. These scandals have caused untold emotional and financial stress and strain for consumers. These scandals have also damaged the reputation of the funeral service profession. A uniform federal rule is the only solution.

If passed, this bill would protect families by requiring cemeteries, crematories and third-party providers to provide minimum disclosures and establish practice requirements and prohibitions comparable to those that funeral homes must comply with under the Funeral Rule.

H.R. 3655 would not impose new fines or penalties. The fines and penalties that would apply to cemeteries, crematories and other third-party sellers under H.R. 3655 are the same ones that apply to funeral homes”

via www.facebook.com

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The Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act is Moving Through Congress

One would hope that congressman Joe Barton would keep his Mouth shut at this next hearing as he has seemed to put his foot in his mouth last time the committee met on this, and when he spoke out on the BP Oil spill!

THE ICCFA is against this legislation, the Funeral Consumers Alliance is for it, along with the NFDA.


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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Arlington National Cemetery already plagued with a Scandal of  211 Misplaced| Misnamed Gravestones, has unaccounted gravestones found in a nearby stream. When considering Arlington National Cemetery Headstone policy this discovery points to no scandal and does not reveal much.

Arlington National Cemetery Headstones

“Several mud-caked headstones line the banks of a small stream at Arlington National Cemetery, the country’s most venerated burial ground. Farther upstream in a wooded area, a few others lie submerged with the rocks that line the stream bed…..

Headstones are replaced if they are damaged or if the writing on them becomes illegible, she said. At one time, gravestones were discarded in landfills. The cemetery ended that practice because Washington area residents were plucking the stones and using them for patios, driveways and other home improvement projects. Under the current disposal policy, headstones are to be ground up so the names cannot be recognized and then recycled. -via www.washingtonpost.com
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
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211 Graves  have been mishandled at Arlington National Cemetery according to the Department Of the Army. This is a significant blow to the Obama Administration. If the government cannot handle the burying of  War Hero’s properly, how are they going to handle the Health Care of the American People?

Snippet from CNN.COM
“Potentially hundreds of American veterans and their family members who were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery were misidentified or mislocated, including troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Army investigation.

The investigation culminated in a change in leadership at the historic cemetery that has been home to U.S. veterans since 1864.

“I deeply apologize to the families of the honored fallen resting in that hallowed ground, who may now question the care afforded to their loved ones,” Secretary of the Army” -via www.cnn.com

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Friday, June 11th, 2010
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3616482408_f8fd9d7797_b(2)The funeral arrangements for Ted Kennedy have been updated. Here are the Latest updates from the Kennedy Family. Please note there are significant time changes from Earlier reports.

August 27th Thursday Evening:

6 p.m.-11 p.m. – The Senator will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.  (public invited.)

The Senator will be joined throughout the day and night by a civilian honor guard of family, friends, and current and former staff.

He will also be joined by a military honor guard.

This is event is pool press and open to the public.

On Friday, August 28th, 2009
Lie in Repose at John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
8 a.m.-3 p.m. – Senator Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. (Public Viewing)

This event is pool press and open to the public.

Friday Evening, August 28th 2009

Celebration of Life Memorial Service
7 p.m.-9 p.m. – There will be a Celebration of Life Memorial Service at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library.

This event is closed to the public and press will be pooled.

Saturday, August 29, 2009
Funeral Mass for Edward Kennedy
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Senator Kennedy’s funeral mass will take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston, Massachusetts.

This event is closed to the public and press will be pooled.

Saturday Evening August 30th 2009. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

A burial service for Senator Kennedy will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

THE ARLINGTON SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5:30 pm Saturday.

It is closed to the public and pooled press.

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Source: Ted Kennedy.org.

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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
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 The Location of Senator Ted Kennedy wakes: JFK Presidential Library

The Location of Senator Ted Kennedy wake: JFK Presidential Library

Ted “Edward” Kennedy Funeral | full plans-Arrangements- The United States of America  will have some days of unity ahead after a most divisive August, 2009. In the middle of divided health care America the driving personality behind universal health care died.

Public Wakes:

Thursday Afternoon after the a arrival of the Motorcade at The JFK Presidential Library and Museum.

10 a.m. to4 p.m. on Friday on August 28th, 2009 at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.

Private Memorial Service:

7  to 9 p.m. on Friday, a private memorial service will be held at the J.F.K. Library on August 29th 2009

Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Senators John Kerry and John McCain will be some of the  speakers.

President Obama will share remarks at the mass.

3616482408_f8fd9d7797_bPrivate funeral: INVITATION ONLY

Saturday  August 30th 2009.

Location:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica near  Boston

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica
1545 Tremont St
Roxbury, MA 02120

A Parish of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston MA

Senator Kennedy  will  then be carried by plane to Virginia

Senator Ted kennedy will be buried South of President John F Kennedy's GraveSenator Ted kennedy will be buried South of President John F Kennedy’s Grave

Private Burial:

5 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA., next  to President Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is no regularly open on Saturday.

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Source: New York Times

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