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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4419
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to provide outer burial receptacles for each new grave in ceme-
teries that are the subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 4, 2020
Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide outer burial recep-
tacles for each new grave in cemeteries that are the
subjects of certain grants made by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, 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 Burial Ben-
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efit Correction Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. OUTER BURIAL RECEPTACLES FOR EACH NEW
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GRAVE IN CEMETERIES THAT ARE THE SUB-
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JECTS OF CERTAIN GRANTS MADE BY THE
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SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
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Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or in
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a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State
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or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this
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title,’’ after ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’;
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and
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(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
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following new paragraph (2):
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‘‘(2)(A) The use of outer burial receptacles in a ceme-
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tery under the control of the National Cemetery Adminis-
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tration or in a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to
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a State or a tribal organization under section 2408 of this
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title shall be in accordance with regulations or procedures
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approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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‘‘(B) The use of outer burial receptacles in Arlington
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National Cemetery shall be in accordance with regulations
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or procedures approved by the Secretary of the Army.
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‘‘(C) The use of outer burial receptacles in a national
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cemetery administered by the National Park Service shall
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be in accordance with regulations or procedures approved
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by the Secretary of the Interior.’’.
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