[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79939-79940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28204]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in 
Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a Department 
of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the 
monetary allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during 
calendar year (CY) 2023, which applies toward the private purchase of 
an outer burial receptacle (or ``graveliner'') for use in a VA national 
cemetery. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Government-
furnished graveliners less any administrative costs to VA. The purpose 
of this notice is to notify interested parties of the average cost of 
Government-furnished graveliners, administrative costs that relate to 
processing and paying the allowance and the amount of the allowance 
payable for qualifying interments that occur in CY 2023.

DATES: This allowance is effective on January 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Carter, Chief of Budget 
Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. 
Telephone: 202-461-9764 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 38 U.S.C. 2306(e)(3), (4) authorizes VA to 
provide a monetary allowance for the private purchase of an outer 
burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery where its use is 
authorized. The allowance for qualified interments that occur during CY 
2023 is the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in fiscal 
year (FY) 2022, less the administrative cost incurred by VA in 
processing and paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished 
graveliner.
    The average cost of Government-furnished graveliners is determined 
by taking VA's total cost during a fiscal year for single-depth 
graveliners that were procured for placement at the time of interment 
and dividing it by the total number of such graveliners procured by VA 
during that fiscal year. The calculation excludes both graveliners pre-
placed in gravesites as part of cemetery gravesite development projects 
and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the 
average

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cost was determined to be $409.00 for FY 2022.
    The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during 
CY 2022 that relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of 
the Government-furnished graveliner. This cost has been determined to 
be $9.00.
    The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during CY 
2023, therefore, is $400.00.

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on December 19, 2022, and authorized the undersigned to sign 
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy & 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-28204 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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