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[H.R. 3657 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 285
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3657

                          [Report No. 115-388]

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of 
 spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2017

 Mr. Poliquin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                            November 6, 2017

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 
                               18, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of 
 spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.


 


    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.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill 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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 285

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3657

                          [Report No. 115-388]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of 
 spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 6, 2017

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed