by striking the item relating to section 2308 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a veterans’ 
cemetery.’’. 
SEC. 202. INCREASE IN CERTAIN FUNERAL BENEFITS 
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR NON-SERVICE CON-
NECTED DISABILITIES.—Chapter 23 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) By transferring subsection (b) of section 
2302 to the end of section 2303 and redesignating 
it as subsection (d). 
(2) By striking section 2302. 
(3) In section 2303— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Death in Department facility’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Death from non-service-con-
nected disability’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a 
veteran dies in a facility described in para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a veteran de-
scribed in paragraph (2) dies’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and in-
serting the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a de-
ceased veteran who is not covered by section 2307 and 
who meets any of the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) The deceased veteran dies in— 
‘‘(i) a facility of the Department (as de-
fined in section 1701(3) of this title) to which 
the deceased veteran was properly admitted for 
hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care 
under section 1710 or 1711(a) of this title; or 
‘‘(ii) an institution at which the deceased 
veteran was, at the time of death, receiving— 
‘‘(I) hospital care in accordance with 
sections 1703A, 8111, and 8153 of this 
title; 
‘‘(II) nursing home care under section 
1720 of this title; or 
‘‘(III) nursing home care for which 
payments are made under section 1741 of 
this title. 
‘‘(B) At the time of death, the deceased veteran 
(including a person who died during a period deemed 
to be active military, naval, or air service under sec-
tion 106(c) of this title) is in receipt of compensa-
tion (or but for the receipt of retirement pay would 
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have been entitled to compensation) or was in re-
ceipt of pension. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary determines— 
‘‘(i) the deceased veteran (including a per-
son who died during a period deemed to be ac-
tive military, naval, or air service under section 
106(c) of this title) has no next of kin or other 
person claiming the body of the deceased vet-
eran; and 
‘‘(ii) that there are not available sufficient 
resources to cover burial and funeral ex-
penses.’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 2302 of 
this title and’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘under section 
2302 of this title or’’; and 
(iv) in subsection (d), as added by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, by strik-
ing ‘‘Except as’’ and inserting ‘‘With re-
spect to a deceased veteran described in 
subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(2), except as’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 23 of 
such title is amended as follows: 
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(1) Section 2304 is amended by striking ‘‘Ap-
plications for payments under section 2302 of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘Applications for payments 
under section 2303 of this title regarding veterans 
described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection 
(a)(2) of such section’’. 
(2) Section 2307 is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tions 2302 and 2303(a)(1) and (b)(2) of this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 2303(a)(1) and (b)(2) of this 
title’’. 
(3) Section 2308(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘pursuant to section 2302 or 2307 of this title,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 2303 of this title 
regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section, or pursuant 
to section 2307,’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 2302 and 2303 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2303. Death from non-service-connected disability; plot allowance.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply to deaths that occur on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 203. OUTER BURIAL RECEPTACLES FOR EACH NEW 
GRAVE IN CEMETERIES THAT ARE THE SUB-
JECTS 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) The use of outer burial receptacles in— 
‘‘(A) a cemetery under the control of the Na-
tional 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 ap-
proved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and 
‘‘(B) Arlington National Cemetery shall be in 
accordance with regulations or procedures approved 
by the Secretary of the Army.’’. 
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SEC. 204. PROVISION OF INSCRIPTIONS FOR SPOUSES AND 
CHILDREN ON CERTAIN HEADSTONES AND 
MARKERS FURNISHED BY SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2306 of title 38, United 
States Code, as amended by section 203, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) In addition to any other authority under this 
section, in the case of an individual whose grave is not 
in a covered cemetery (as that term is defined in sub-
section (f)(2)) and for whom the Secretary has furnished 
a headstone or marker under subsection (a) or (d), the 
Secretary, if feasible and upon request, may replace the 
headstone or marker to add an inscription for the sur-
viving spouse or eligible dependent child of such individual 
following the death of the surviving spouse or eligible de-
pendent child. 
‘‘(2) If the spouse or eligible dependent child of an 
individual referred to in paragraph (1) predeceases the in-
dividual, the Secretary may, if feasible and upon request, 
include an inscription for the spouse or dependent child 
on the headstone or marker furnished for the individual 
under subsection (a) or (d).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (j) of section 2306 of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
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