Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

Bill: 115-hr-4338
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-11-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Monuments and memorials

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request and at U.S. expense, to furnish to a deceased individual in lieu a headstone or marker: (1) an urn to signify the individual's veteran status, in which such individual's remains may be placed at private expense; or (2) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual's veteran status. </p> <p> A &quot;deceased individual&quot; is an individual: (1) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (2) who is eligible for a headstone or marker or would be so eligible but for the date of the individual's death; and (3) whose remains were cremated and placed in a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a state veterans' cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4338 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2017 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of urns for remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) (A) In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under this subsection to a deceased individual described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall furnish, upon request and at the expense of the United States— (i) an urn made of any material to signify the individual’s status as a veteran, in which the remains of such individual may be placed at private expense; or (ii) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual’s status as a veteran. (B) A deceased individual described in this subsection is an individual— (i) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (ii) who is eligible for a headstone or marker furnished under paragraph (1) (or would be so eligible but for the date of the death of the individual); and (iii) whose remains were cremated and are placed in a non-traditional resting site. (C) In this paragraph, the term non-traditional resting site means a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a State veterans’ cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery. .