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.

Bill: 115-hr-3657
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-08-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Indian lands and resources rights

Monuments and memorials

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-08-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to provide headstones and markers for the unmarked graves of spouses (including surviving spouses) and children (including unmarried adult children at the VA's discretion) of veterans who are buried in tribally-owned cemeteries. </p>

action_date: 2017-11-06
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p> (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon request, to provide headstones and markers for the unmarked graves of spouses (including surviving spouses) and children (including unmarried adult children at the VA's discretion) of veterans who are buried in a tribally-owned veterans cemetery or<i> </i>on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3657 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2017 Mr. Poliquin 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 provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.

1. Eligibility of spouses and children of veterans buried in tribal cemeteries for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones and markers Section 2306(a)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting or a tribal organization after State .

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3657 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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.

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 amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization after State ; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting , a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization 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 inserting (1) The Secretary ; (C) by striking a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title and inserting a covered cemetery ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term covered cemetery means any of the following: (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 organization 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3657 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 7, 2017 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT 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.

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 amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization after State ; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting , a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization 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 inserting (1) The Secretary ; (C) by striking a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title and inserting a covered cemetery ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term covered cemetery means any of the following: (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 organization 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. .

Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 285 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3657 [Report No. 115–388] 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 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 veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.

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 amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization after State ; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting , a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization 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 inserting (1) The Secretary ; (C) by striking a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title and inserting a covered cemetery ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term covered cemetery means any of the following: (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 organization 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. .

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