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Senate Bill 4419
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020
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Introduced in Senate on Aug 4, 2020
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S. 4419 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4419


To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

August 4, 2020

Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “, or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this title,” after “National Cemetery Administration”; and

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2):

“(2) (A) The use of outer burial receptacles in a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this title shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

“(B) The use of outer burial receptacles in Arlington National Cemetery shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Army.

“(C) The use of outer burial receptacles in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Interior.”.