[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 2096 Referred in House (RFH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2096


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 23, 2019

             Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal 
     organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery 
   Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a 
veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal 
organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the 
       National Cemetery Administration, 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. TRAINING OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERY PERSONNEL BY NATIONAL 
              CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``and (ii) the cost'' and 
                        inserting ``(ii) the cost''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``; and (iii) training 
                        costs, including travel expenses, associated 
                        with attendance at training provided by the 
                        National Cemetery Administration'' before the 
                        semicolon; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``and (ii) the cost'' and 
                        inserting ``(ii) the cost''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``; and (iii) training 
                        costs, including travel expenses, associated 
                        with attendance at training provided by the 
                        National Cemetery Administration'' before the 
                        period;
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) A grant under this section for a purpose described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) may be used, solely or in 
part, for training costs, including travel expenses, associated with 
attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery 
Administration.''.

            Passed the Senate December 19, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.