[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3076 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.3076
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen
An Act
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to furnish caskets and urns for burial in cemeteries of
States and tribal organizations of veterans without next of kin or
sufficient resources to provide for caskets or urns, 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 ``Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act
of 2016''.
SEC. 2. CASKETS AND URNS FOR BURIAL OF CERTAIN VETERANS IN CEMETERIES
OF STATES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``for
burial in a national cemetery of a deceased veteran'' and inserting
``for burial of a deceased veteran in a national cemetery or in a
veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the
Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title'';
and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the burial of the veteran
in a national cemetery'' and inserting ``such burial''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.