Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act

Bill: 116-hr-6060
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2020-03-02
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act</b></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: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6060 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2020 Mr. Watkins 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act . 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) The use of outer burial receptacles in— (A) 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; and (B) Arlington National Cemetery shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Army. .