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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3788
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the
maximum amount of grants awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
to States and tribal organizations for operating and maintaining veterans’
cemeteries, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 20, 2020
Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. REED, and Mr. HOEVEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an
increase in the maximum amount of grants awarded
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to States and tribal
organizations for operating and maintaining veterans’
cemeteries, and for other purposes.
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. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Cemetery
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Grants Improvement Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANTS
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AWARDED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS
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AFFAIRS TO STATES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZA-
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TIONS FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING
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VETERANS’ CEMETERIES.
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Section 2408(e)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
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is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting
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‘‘$10,000,000’’.
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