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HR 3655 moves closer to a Full House Vote-BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

The Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act Of 2009(AKA  Bereaved Consumers protection act is a step closer  to a  Full  US House of Representatives Vote. The Congressional Budget Office has issue a report on the Bill. Here is a Snippet from the Full CBO report. “Based on the information from the FTC CBO assumes would [...]

HR 3655 Passes Committee-Details-Bereaved Consumers Bill of rights Act

Your Funeral Guy Has reported that the Bereaved Consumers Protection Act has made it through the Energy and Commerce Committee and has been Marked up for consideration of a vote in the full House Of Representatives. Your Funeral Guy Reports this in a snippet: “The Bereaved  Consumers Bill of Rights Act, HR 3655  Land Mark [...]

Committee Vote 7.21.10-Bereaved Consumers Protection act

Congressman Bobby Rush will be putting the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act up for a vote in he Energy Commerce Committee. on  July 21st 2010. Rush pulled the the bill from consideration on May 5th. This is important legislation( Hr 3655) because it essentially keeps cemeteries honest requiring that they disclose prices in advance [...]

Burr Oak Cemetery or Arlington National Cemetery|BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

If you looked at these words about a year ago you would think that they were talking about Burr Oak Cemetery outside of Chicago- Not Arlington National Cemetery. “….. said Wednesday that officials were prepared to dig up graves, open caskets and take DNA samples from the deceased if it is necessary to sort out [...]

Barton Amendment delays Bereaved Consumers Protection Act

Yesterday an amendment was proposed to the The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act. The amendment Proposed by Republican Joe Barton of Texas received enough support to bring the Democratic Sponsor Congressman  Bobby Rush to pull the bill from current consideration from the House Energy and Commerce Commmitte. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AMENDMENT. The amendment would [...]

Is the Bill For Funeral Rule 2 Killed|BereavedConsumersProtectionAct

Is HR  3655  The Bill For Funeral Rule 2 dead? It appears that on May 5th 2010 Congressman Bobby Rush pulled the bill from Further Consideration From the House Energy and Commerce Committee because of his opposition to an Amendment for religous organizations to be exempt from the law. From YourFuneralGuy: Congressman Bobby Rush(Sponsor) has [...]

ICCFA hit HR 3655 Hard(BereavedConsumersProtectionAct)

The ICCFA (International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association has hit the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Hard. Here is a bit of their E-Mail Campaign. The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association issued a call to action for its members to have funeral service practitioners call their representatives to vote no on the proposed measure. [...]

Rep.Barton R-TX-Opposes HR3655(BereavedConsumersProtectionAct)

The  Texas Republican Joe Barton is opposing the Bereaved Consumers Protection Act, AkA  Bereaved consumers Bill of Rights Act of 2009 From The Republican Committee Press Release His opposition is Stated To Be “Strong” The Bill HR 3655 provides only basic Cemetery and third party regulation  By Setting up Funeral Rule2 “On the other bill, [...]

They’re weighing in on HR 3655-Bereaved Consumers Protection Act

It is the Day before the Full Congressional Committee  Hearing on the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights act Act. The Bill wiil  placed  for markup to the full  US  House of Representatives for vote. Here is the way things are playing out. The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and  the Funeral Consumers Alliance(FCA) are supporting [...]

Bereaved Consumer Bill Of Rights Act-Hearing 5-5-2009(bereavedconsumersprotectionact)

The Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act Of 2009 will be the subject of the  US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee  Hearing (Mark up) on 5/05/2010. The legislation is known as the Rush Bill after the Bill Sponsor, Congressman Bobby Rush. The Bill in is also known as  FTC  Funeral Rule 2 . [...]

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