[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2019

  Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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 veterans' cemeteries owned by a State or tribal 
                             organization.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION OF DECEASED VETERANS TO VETERANS' CEMETERIES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 2308 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``in a national cemetery'' and 
inserting ``in a national cemetery or a covered veterans' cemetery''.
    (b) Covered Veterans' Cemetery Defined.--Section 2308 of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Covered Veterans' Cemetery Defined.--In this section, the 
term `covered veterans' cemetery' means a veterans' cemetery--
            ``(1) in which a deceased veteran described in subsection 
        (b) is eligible to be buried; and
            ``(2) for which the Secretary has made a grant under 
        section 2408 of this title.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2308 of such title is amended in 
the section heading by adding at the end the following: ``or a 
veterans' cemetery''.
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 23 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 2308 and inserting the following new item:

``2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a 
                            veterans' cemetery.''.
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