A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a headstone allowance for prepurchased grave markers and to modify eligibility requirements to the plot allowance, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends Federal law relating to burial benefits for deceased veterans to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran for the cost of a prepurchased headstone (in lieu of furnishing such a headstone at burial). Revises Federal provisions concerning plot allowances to authorize such allowances only to veterans who are either eligible for a burial allowance or who were discharged from active-duty due to a service-connected disability. (Currently, a veteran of any war, whether or not disabled, is eligible for such plot allowance.) Amends Federal provisions relating to the making of grants to States for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans' cemeteries to remove the limitation of a maximum grant to a single State based on the total funds available for such grants. Authorizes the Administrator to provide flat grave markers for use at a national cemetery in Wood, Wisconsin.

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Timeline

1. 3 April 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 April 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 June 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

4. 31 July 1987

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 9 ordered to be reported.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 April 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Service-Disabled Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1987