[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2322 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2322

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the cost that the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may incur to pay for a contract burial of 
  a nonservice-connected disabled veteran who dies in a Department of 
           Veterans Affairs facility, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 26 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

 Mr. Rockefeller (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
     read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the cost that the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may incur to pay for a contract burial of 
  a nonservice-connected disabled veteran who dies in a Department of 
           Veterans Affairs facility, 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. AMOUNT OF CONTRACT BURIAL COSTS OF NONSERVICE-CONNECTED 
              DISABLED VETERANS WHO DIE IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

    (a) Authority.--Paragraph (1) of section 2303(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out ``within such limits,'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``within such limits (in the case of a 
service-connected veteran) or at a cost not to exceed $600 (in the case 
of a nonservice-connected veteran),''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Such section is further amended by 
striking out ``section 1701(4)'' in the matter above paragraph (1) and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1701(3)''.

SEC. 2. REVISED SUBMITTAL DATE FOR REPORT ON ANNUAL ANALYSIS OF 
              DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMISSIONS POLICIES.

    Section 8110(a)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out ``December 1'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``April 
1''.
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