119 HR 9321 IH: To temporarily expand the authorized uses of grants awarded under the Veterans Legacy Program of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.
U.S. House of Representatives
2026-06-15
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1.Veterans Legacy Program grants for locating, identifying, and interring unclaimed or abandoned remains of veterans
(a)Notwithstanding section 1(a)(3) of Public Law 116β107 (38 U.S.C. 2400 note), during the period specified in subsection (b), an entity in receipt of a grant under the Veterans Legacy Program may use such grant to assist the Secretary of Veterans Affairs inβ (1)locating unclaimed or abandoned human remains suspected to be the remains of a veteran;
(2)determining whether such remains are the remains of a veteran; or (3)interring such remains in a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
(b)The period specified in this subsection is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the last day of the second fiscal year beginning after such date. (c)Limitation on budget request amountsAmounts made available for grants used for the purposes described in subsection (a) shall not be requested in addition to amounts otherwise intended to be requested for the Veterans Legacy Program in any annual budget request of the President that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.
(d)Veterans Legacy Program definedIn this section, the term Veterans Legacy Program
has the meaning given such term in Public Law 116β107.