Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1755
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-11-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, including: (1) estimating the number of unclaimed remains; (2) assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans; (3) assessing state and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter such remains; and (4) recommending appropriate legislative or administrative action.</p><UL> </UL> <p>.</p> <UL> </UL>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1755 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 21, 2013 Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs study on matters relating to claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans (a) Study and report required Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— (1) complete a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans; and (2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the study required under paragraph (1). (b) Matters studied The matters studied under subsection (a)(1) shall include the following: (1) Determining the scope of issues relating to unclaimed remains of veterans, including an estimate of the number of unclaimed remains of veterans on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans. (3) Identifying and assessing State and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter unclaimed remains of veterans. (4) Developing recommendations for such legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate.