Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Act”.
Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a process by which a family member of a deceased individual who is eligible for the Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry may register for such registry on behalf of the deceased individual.
Sec. 2 Authority for family members to register for Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry on behalf of deceased eligible individuals
Section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended—
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Registration on behalf of deceased individuals—In the case of a deceased eligible individual, the Secretary shall provide a process by which an immediate family member of the individual may register for the burn pit registry under this section on behalf of the deceased eligible individual.”