A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.

IC 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2096 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 23, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, ex- pansion, or improvement of a veterans’ cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organi- zation cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:20 Dec 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\S2096.RFH S2096 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 S 2096 RFH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. TRAINING OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERY 3 PERSONNEL BY NATIONAL CEMETERY AD- 4 MINISTRATION. 5 Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is 6 amended— 7 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 8 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 9 (i) by striking ‘‘and (ii) the cost’’ and 10 inserting ‘‘(ii) the cost’’; and 11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘; and (iii) training 12 costs, including travel expenses, associated 13 with attendance at training provided by 14 the National Cemetery Administration’’ be- 15 fore the semicolon; and 16 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 17 (i) by striking ‘‘and (ii) the cost’’ and 18 inserting ‘‘(ii) the cost’’; and 19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘; and (iii) training 20 costs, including travel expenses, associated 21 with attendance at training provided by 22 the National Cemetery Administration’’ be- 23 fore the period; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:20 Dec 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2096.RFH S2096 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 S 2096 RFH (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 1 as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and 2 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- 3 lowing new subsection (c): 4 ‘‘(c) A grant under this section for a purpose de- 5 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) 6 may be used, solely or in part, for training costs, including 7 travel expenses, associated with attendance at training 8 provided by the National Cemetery Administration.’’. 9 Passed the Senate December 19, 2019. Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, Secretary. VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:20 Dec 23, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2096.RFH S2096 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS