[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 34 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 34

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for burial 
  allowance to certain additional veterans and to increase the burial 
             plot allowance for veterans from $150 to $300.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Gilman (for himself and Mr. Faleomavaega) 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 extend eligibility for burial 
  allowance to certain additional veterans and to increase the burial 
             plot allowance for veterans from $150 to $300.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Burial Benefits Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR BURIAL ALLOWANCE.

    Subsection (a) of section 902 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Where a veteran dies--
            ``(1) of a service-connected disability; or
            ``(2) who was--
                    ``(A) a veteran of any war;
                    ``(B) discharged from the active military, naval, 
                or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated 
                in line of duty; or
                    ``(C) in receipt of (or but for the receipt of 
                retirement pay would have been entitled to) disability 
                compensation;
the Secretary, in the Secretary's discretion, having due regard to the 
circumstances in each case, may pay a sum not exceeding $400 to such 
person as the Secretary prescribes to cover the burial and funeral 
expenses of the deceased veteran and the expense of preparing the body 
and transporting it to the place of burial. For the purpose of this 
subsection, the term `veteran' includes a person who died during a 
period deemed to be active military, naval, or air service under 
section 106(c) of this title.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN THE BURIAL PLOT ALLOWANCE.

    Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 903(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, are amended by striking out ``$150'' each place it appears and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``$300''.

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