Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act”.
Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish urns for the remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites.
Sec. 2 Department of Veterans Affairs provision of urns for remains of certain veterans whose remains are placed in non-traditional resting sites
Section 2306(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(6)
“(A) In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under this subsection to a deceased individual described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall furnish, upon request and at the expense of the United States—
“(i) an urn made of any material to signify the individual’s status as a veteran, in which the remains of such individual may be placed at private expense; or
“(ii) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual’s status as a veteran.
“(B) A deceased individual described in this subsection is an individual—
“(i) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917;
“(ii) who is eligible for a headstone or marker furnished under paragraph (1) (or would be so eligible but for the date of the death of the individual); and
“(iii) whose remains were cremated and are placed in a non-traditional resting site.
“(C) In this paragraph, the term “non-traditional resting site” means a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a State veterans’ cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.”