115 S2372 : Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IC 115th CONGRESS2d Session S. 2372 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2018 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act.

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Provision of outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks

Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (1)— (A)by inserting (A) before The Secretary of Veterans; (B)in subparagraph (A), as designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking The Secretary of the Army and inserting the following: (B)The Secretary of the Army; and (C)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C)The Secretary of the Interior shall provide an outer burial receptacle for each such a grave in an open national cemetery administered by the National Park Service.; (2)in paragraph (2)— (A)by striking or in the Arlington National Cemetery and inserting , in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service; and (B)by striking or Secretary of the Army and inserting , the Secretary of the Army, or the Secretary of the Interior; (3)in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army and inserting or the Secretary of the Army with respect to Arlington National Cemetery or the Secretary of the Interior with respect to a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service; and (4)in paragraph (4), by striking or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army and inserting or the Secretary of the Army with respect to Arlington National Cemetery or the Secretary of the Interior with respect to a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service.

Passed the Senate March 1, 2018.Julie E. Adams,Secretary