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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1116 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque |
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| 7 | 7 | | is furnished, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ANKS(for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the |
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| 15 | 15 | | provision of certain additional burial benefits for individ- |
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| 16 | 16 | | uals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, and for |
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| 17 | 17 | | other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Veterans’ 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Final Resting Place Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •S 1116 IS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | OF ADDITIONAL BURIAL BENEFITS WHEN AN 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | URN OR PLAQUE IS FURNISHED. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Section 2306(h) of title 38, 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | United States Code, is amended— 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) by striking ‘‘In lieu of furnishing a 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | headstone or marker under this section for’’ 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and inserting ‘‘In the case of’’; and 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and in-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) by striking paragraph (2); and 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively. 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) A |
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| 42 | 42 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to an individual who 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | dies on or after January 5, 2021. 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Æ |
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