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<title>Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-11-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, including: (1) estimating the number of unclaimed remains; (2) assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans; (3) assessing state and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter such remains; and (4) recommending appropriate legislative or administrative action.</p><UL> </UL> <p>.</p> <UL> </UL>]]></summary-text>
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