Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act
United States115th CongressHR-4910House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 15, 2018
Summary
Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service. (An outer burial receptacle is a container, such as a grave liner or a burial vault, that protects a casket in the ground and prevents the grave from sinking.) Interior may provide reimbursement for outer burial receptacles other than grave liners but may require survivors to pay: (1) the costs by which such burial receptacle exceeds the costs of a grave liner, and (2) related administrative costs.
Bill texts
Timeline
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate
Presented to President.
House of Representatives
Signed by President.
House of Representatives
Became Public Law No: 115-184.
House of Representatives