3.0.0 3340 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z Senate S 2016-09-15 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-15T19:36:04Z 2016-09-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-30T18:37:30Z Respectful Interment for Passing Veterans Act of 2016

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a contract with at least one funeral home near each VA medical center for the expeditious provision of burial and funeral services for deceased veterans:

  • who at the time of death were in receipt of compensation or a pension, or
  • with respect to whom the VA determines that there is no next of kin or other person claiming the body and there are insufficient resources to cover burial and funeral expenses.

The VA must:

  • establish a policy on the provision of respectful and timely burial of such veterans,
  • ensure that such policy is based on best practices used in the private sector, and
  • balance the interests of the deceased in identifying the deceased's next of kin and in having a timely burial.

The VA shall follow state and local government practices with respect to the treatment of unclaimed remains of deceased veterans until it establishes such policy.

The VA shall report annually regarding the remains of covered veterans who died in the most recently completed calendar year.

]]> Respectful Interment for Passing Veterans Act of 2016 Display Title Respectful Interment for Passing Veterans Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Respectful Interment for Passing Veterans Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with funeral homes to ensure the expeditious and respectful provision of burial and funeral services for indigent, deceased veterans and remains of deceased veterans that are unclaimed, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3340is/xml/BILLS-114s3340is.xml 2016-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.