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Union Calendar No. 285 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3657 
[Report No. 115–388] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses 
and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 18, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
NOVEMBER 6, 2017 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 18, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and 
markers for the graves of spouses and children of vet-
erans who are buried in tribal cemeteries. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF 
VETERANS BURIED IN TRIBAL CEMETERIES 
FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS BURIAL BENEFITS. 
Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ‘‘or a vet-
erans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on 
tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal or-
ganization’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘, a vet-
erans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on tribal 
land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organiza-
tion’’ after ‘‘owned by a State’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘a national cemetery or in 
a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organi-
zation for which the Department has provided a 
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grant under section 2408 of this title’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a covered cemetery’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered cemetery’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A national cemetery. 
‘‘(B) A veterans’ cemetery of a State for which 
the Department has provided a grant under section 
2408 of this title. 
‘‘(C) A veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organiza-
tion or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by 
a tribal organization for which the Department has 
provided a grant under such section.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for 
spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal 
cemeteries, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 285 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3657 
[Report No. 115–388] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to author-
ize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
headstones and markers for the graves of spouses 
and children of veterans who are buried in tribal 
cemeteries. 
NOVEMBER 6, 2017 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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