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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 697
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased
veterans to veterans’ cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 22, 2019
Mr. BANKS 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 pay costs relating to
the transportation of certain deceased veterans to vet-
erans’ cemeteries owned by a State or tribal organization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION OF DECEASED VETERANS
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TO VETERANS’ CEMETERIES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2308 of
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title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in
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a national cemetery’’ and inserting ‘‘in a national ceme-
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tery or a covered veterans’ cemetery’’.
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(b) COVERED VETERANS’ CEMETERY DEFINED.—
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Section 2308 of such title is amended by adding at the
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end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) COVERED VETERANS’ CEMETERY DEFINED.—
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In this section, the term ‘covered veterans’ cemetery’
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means a veterans’ cemetery—
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‘‘(1) in which a deceased veteran described in
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subsection (b) is eligible to be buried; and
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‘‘(2) for which the Secretary has made a grant
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under section 2408 of this title.’’.
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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2308 of
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such title is amended in the section heading by adding
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at the end the following: ‘‘or a veterans’ cemetery’’.
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(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended
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by striking the item relating to section 2308 and inserting
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the following new item:
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‘‘2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a veterans’
cemetery.’’.
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