3.0.0 4250 2023-01-11T13:45:38Z 2023-01-11T13:45:38Z Senate S 2020-07-21 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-21T22:11:53Z Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2020 116 7727 HR 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2020-07-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-07-21 True Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals National Guard and reserves State and local government operations Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-25T12:03:11Z Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from establishing a condition for a cemetery grant that restricts the ability of a state to inter certain reservists (or spouses) at a state-owned veterans' cemetery solely because such individuals are ineligible for burial in an open national cemetery.

Specifically, as a condition for grants, the VA cannot restrict the ability of a state to inter a

  • member of a reserve component whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
  • member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard whose service was terminated under honorable conditions;
  • member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who died under honorable conditions while a member; and
  • spouse of any member described above.

The VA is prohibited from (1) denying an application for a grant solely on the basis that the recipient state may use funds to expand, improve, operate, or maintain a veterans' cemetery to allow for the internment of the specified reservists; and (2) enforcing certain conditions on grants for state veterans' cemeteries that were established before the date of enactment of this bill.

]]> Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act Display Title Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that grants provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for State veterans' cemeteries do not restrict States from authorizing the interment of certain deceased members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces in such cemeteries, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4250is/xml/BILLS-116s4250is.xml 2020-07-21 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.