A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish national cemeteries for geographically underserved populations of veterans, and for other purposes.

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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify the ten burial service areas in the United States that are most in need of a new national cemetery in order to ensure that 90 percent of the veterans who reside in each such area live within 75 miles of a national cemetery; (2) establish a national cemetery in each identified area; and (3) carry out advance planning in FY 2004 for the establishment of such cemeteries.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 June 2003

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