[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 951 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 951

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of 
   the cemetery plot allowance for veterans eligible for burial in a 
 national cemetery but interred in a State veterans cemetery, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

 Mr. Sangmeister 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 provide for the payment of 
   the cemetery plot allowance for veterans eligible for burial in a 
 national cemetery but interred in a State veterans cemetery, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CEMETERY PLOT ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS ELIGIBLE FOR BURIAL IN 
              A NATIONAL CEMETERY BUT INTERRED IN A STATE VETERANS 
              CEMETERY.

    Section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following:
    ``(c) In addition to the benefits provided for under section 2302 
of this title and subsection (a) of this section, in the case of a 
veteran who--
            ``(1) is eligible for burial in a national cemetery under 
        section 2402 of this title, and
            ``(2) is buried (without charge for the cost of a plot or 
        interment) in a cemetery, or a section of a cemetery, that (A) 
        is used solely for the interment of persons eligible for burial 
        in a national cemetery, and (B) is owned by a State or by an 
        agency or political subdivision of a State,
the Secretary shall pay to such State, agency, or political subdivision 
the sum of $150 as a plot or interment allowance for such veteran.''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN FEDERAL AID TO STATES VETERANS' CEMETERIES.

    Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2408(b) are each amended by 
striking out ``50 percent'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``65 
percent.''.

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