To expand eligibility for certain burial benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-hr-5264
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-09-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill specifies that the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone or marker for the grave of a veteran who is buried in a private cemetery applies to any veteran who dies on or after December 30, 1960.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5264 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 14, 2021 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To expand eligibility for certain burial benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Extension of Department of Veterans Affairs burial benefits to certain veterans Subsection (d) of section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a veteran who dies on or after December 30, 1960.