[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 601 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 601

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility 
  of Indian tribal organizations for grants for the establishment of 
                  veterans cemeteries on trust lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Case, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. 
 Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Evans, Mr. Filner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, 
  Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
    Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
  McDermott, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Oberstar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Towns, Mr. Udall of 
   Colorado, and Mr. Wynn) 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 eligibility 
  of Indian tribal organizations for grants for the establishment of 
                  veterans cemeteries on trust lands.

    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 ``Native American Veterans Cemetery 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR THE 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERANS CEMETERIES ON TRUST LANDS.

    Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The Secretary may make grants under this subsection to any 
tribal organization to assist the tribal organization in establishing, 
expanding, or improving veterans' cemeteries on trust land owned by, or 
held in trust for, the tribal organization.
    ``(2) Grants under this subsection shall be made in the same 
manner, and under the same conditions, as grants to States are made 
under the preceding provisions of this section.
    ``(3) In this subsection:
            ``(A) The term `tribal organization' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 3764(4) of this title.
            ``(B) The term `trust land' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 3764(1) of this title.''.
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