Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act Public Law 115–184 Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act 184 115–184 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2023-03-17 Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act 17335 115 2018-06-15 Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act [(Public Law 115–184)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-184. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, 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. [38 U.S.C. 101 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act”.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF OUTER BURIAL RECEPTACLES FOR REMAINS BURIED IN NATIONAL PARKS. Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting “(A)” before “The Secretary of Veterans”; (B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking “The Secretary of the Army” and inserting the following: “(B) The Secretary of the Army” ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) The Secretary of the Interior shall provide an outer burial receptacle for each such a grave in an open national cemetery administered by the National Park Service.” ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking “or in the Arlington National Cemetery” and inserting “, in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service”; and (B) by striking “or Secretary of the Army” and inserting “, the Secretary of the Army, or the Secretary of the Interior”; (3) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking “or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army” and inserting “or the Secretary of the Army with respect to Arlington National Cemetery or the Secretary of the Interior with respect to a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service”; and (4) in paragraph (4), by striking “or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army” and inserting “or the Secretary of the Army with respect to Arlington National Cemetery or the Secretary of the Interior 132 STAT. 1484with respect to a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service”.