[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 115-184
115th Congress

An Act


 
To 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. <> 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

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with respect to a national cemetery administered by the National
Park Service''.

Approved June 15, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4910 (S. 2372):
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
May 7, considered and passed House.
May 24, considered and passed Senate.