Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act

Bill: 114-hr-1183
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2015-02-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act</strong></p> <p>Extends the requirement that the Department of Veterans Affairs&nbsp; provide an outer burial receptacle for each new grave of a veteran, a veteran's spouse, or a veteran's dependent in which remains are interred in a casket in Arlington National Cemetery or in an open cemetery under the control of the the National Cemetery Administration to each such grave in an open cemetery under the control of the National Park Service.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1183 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2015 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Bishop of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain burial benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act . 2. Burial Benefits Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting or the National Park Service after National Cemetery Administration ; and (2) in paragraph (2) by striking National Cemetery Administration or in the Arlington National Cemetery and inserting National Cemetery Administration or the National Park Service, or in the Arlington National Cemetery, . 3. Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.