[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3898 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3898

 To amend the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare 
  and Benefits Improvement Act to extend burial benefits for certain 
veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 2026

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare 
  and Benefits Improvement Act to extend burial benefits for certain 
veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gerald's Law Reauthorization Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BURIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO DIE AT 
              HOME WHILE IN RECEIPT OF HOSPICE CARE FURNISHED BY 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 301(c)(2) of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century 
Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (38 U.S.C. 2303 note) 
is amended by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2030''.
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