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Senate Bill 4420
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Unclaimed Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020
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Introduced in Senate on Aug 4, 2020
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S. 4420 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4420


To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to certain State and tribal veterans’ cemeteries, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

August 4, 2020

Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay costs relating to the transportation of certain deceased veterans to certain State and tribal veterans’ cemeteries, 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 “Unclaimed Veterans Burial Benefit Correction Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Transportation of deceased veterans to certain veterans’ cemeteries.

(a) In general.—Section 2308(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the first sentence, by striking “in a national cemetery” and inserting “in a covered cemetery”; and

(2) in the second sentence, by striking “to the national cemetery” and inserting “to the covered cemetery”.

(b) Covered cemetery defined.—Section 2308 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(c) Covered cemetery defined.—In this section, the term ‘covered cemetery’ has the meaning given such term in section 2306(f)(2) of this title.”.

(c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 2308 of such title is amended in the section heading by adding at the end the following: “or a veterans’ cemetery”.

(d) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2308 and inserting the following new item:


“2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a veterans’ cemetery.”.