114 S3076 ES: Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act of 2016 U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

114th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3076IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act of 2016.

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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.

Passed the Senate September 20, 2016.Secretary