[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 471

  To provide for the payment to States of plot allowances for certain 
 veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in 
                       cemeteries of such States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 23 (legislative day, February 22), 1995

 Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Roth, and Mr. 
   Stevens) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the payment to States of plot allowances for certain 
 veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in 
                       cemeteries of such States.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF PLOT OR INTERMENT ALLOWANCE.

    Section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection;
    ``(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall pay to any State, or agency or political subdivision of such 
State, a plot or interment allowance of $150 for the burial of any 
veteran who--
            ``(A) is eligible for burial in a national cemetery under 
        section 2402 of this title; and
            ``(B) is buried (without charge for the cost of a plot or 
        interment) in a cemetery, or a section of a cemetery, that--
                    ``(i) is used solely for the interment of persons 
                eligible for burial in a national cemetery; and
                    ``(ii) is owned by such State, or agency or 
                political subdivision.
    ``(2) The payment of a plot or interment allowance under this 
subsection shall be in addition to any benefits provided under section 
2303 or 2307 of this title, or subsection (a) of this section.
    ``(3) The Secretary may not pay a plot or interment allowance under 
this subsection for the burial of any veteran for which the Secretary 
pays a plot or interment allowance under subsection (b)(1) of this 
section.''.
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