Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4419
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-08-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020</strong></p>  <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide an outer burial receptacle (i.e., a container for a casket) for new graves in cemeteries funded by a grant to a state or a tribal organization under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4419 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 4, 2020 Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Cassidy , and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020 . 2. Outer burial receptacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting , or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this title, after National Cemetery Administration ; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): (2) (A) The use of outer burial receptacles in a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this title shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (B) The use of outer burial receptacles in Arlington National Cemetery shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Army. (C) The use of outer burial receptacles in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Interior. .