[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1755 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1755

  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on 
matters relating to the claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of 
                   veterans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 21, 2013

  Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on 
matters relating to the claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of 
                   veterans, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dignified Interment of Our Veterans 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY ON MATTERS RELATING TO 
              CLAIMING AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS.

    (a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall--
            (1) complete a study on matters relating to the 
        identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of 
        veterans; and
            (2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the 
        Secretary with respect to the study required under paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Matters Studied.--The matters studied under subsection (a)(1) 
shall include the following:
            (1) Determining the scope of issues relating to unclaimed 
        remains of veterans, including an estimate of the number of 
        unclaimed remains of veterans on the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs for claiming and interring 
        unclaimed remains of veterans.
            (3) Identifying and assessing State and local laws that 
        affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and 
        inter unclaimed remains of veterans.
            (4) Developing recommendations for such legislative or 
        administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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