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 [...]
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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 [...]
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. [...]
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 . [...]
Bereaved Consumer Bill of Rights act marked up in Congress|Bereaved Consumers protection act
The Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act of 2009 was marked up in Congress yesterday. The Bill went from the House subcommittee to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The next step is fir the Bill (HR 3655) to move out of committee to the Full House For a vote here. IMPORTANT LINKS Read [...]