releases: https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-senate-veterans-affairs-committee-consideration-of-the-alicia-dawn-koehl-respect-for-national-cemeteries-act
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| https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-statement-on-senate-veterans-affairs-committee-consideration-of-the-alicia-dawn-koehl-respect-for-national-cemeteries-act | Donnelly Statement on Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Consideration of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act | 2013-10-30 | 2013 | 2013-10 | Democrat | House | IN | Joe Donnelly | D000607 | www.donnelly.senate.gov | legacy | Donnelly Statement on Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Consideration of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Senator Joe Donnelly released the below statement following today’s hearing in the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act, legislation introduced by Donnelly and Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN). “I am pleased the Committee held this hearing today on the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act,” said Donnelly. “My office has worked with the Koehl family for many months, and I have strongly advocated having this legislation considered. We must address this injustice for the Koehl family and preserve the honor of being buried in a veterans’ cemetery. I urge the Committee to act quickly on this bill, approve it, and send it to the full Senate for final passage.” The bill would give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of the Army the authority to disinter veterans buried in national cemeteries who committed a Federal or State capital crime. Current statute prohibits burying veterans who committed a Federal or State capital crime, but does not allow the VA or Army to correct a mistake that has been made. Under the legislation, the VA would have the authority it needs to exhume the remains of Michael LeShawn Anderson, a veteran who shot and killed Indianapolis resident Alicia Dawn Koehl last year before committing suicide. The Koehl family later discovered that Anderson was buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Michigan. Representative Susan Brooks (IN-05) introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives. Press Contact Donnelly_Press@Donnelly.Senate.Gov | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |