[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3657 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3657


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2017

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to provide certain burial benefits for spouses and 
children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries, 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. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS BURIED IN 
              TRIBAL CEMETERIES FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS BURIAL BENEFITS.

    Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ``or a veterans' 
        cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on tribal land owned 
        by or held in trust by a tribal organization'' after ``State'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``, a veterans' 
        cemetery of a tribal organization or on tribal land owned by or 
        held in trust by a tribal organization'' after ``owned by a 
        State''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
                    (B) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting 
                ``(1) The Secretary'';
                    (C) by striking ``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 inserting ``a covered 
                cemetery''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The term `covered cemetery' means any of the following:
            ``(A) A national cemetery.
            ``(B) A veterans' cemetery of a State for which the 
        Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this 
        title.
            ``(C) A veterans' cemetery of a tribal organization or on 
        tribal land owned by or held in trust by a tribal organization 
        for which the Department has provided a grant under such 
        section.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.