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To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize States and tribal organizations that receive grants from the National Cemetery Administration for establishment, expansion, or improvement of a veterans' cemeteries to use amounts of such grants for State and tribal organization cemetery personnel to train at the training center of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.

S. 2096 · 116th Congress · Dec 23, 2019 · Lineage

AN ACT

1. Training of State veterans cemetery personnel by National Cemetery Administration

Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (b)(1)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by striking “and (ii) the cost” and inserting “(ii) the cost”; and
(ii)
by inserting “; and (iii) training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration” before the semicolon; and
(B)
in subparagraph (B)—
(i)
by striking “and (ii) the cost” and inserting “(ii) the cost”; and
(ii)
by inserting “; and (iii) training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration” before the period;
(2)
by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and
(3)
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

“(c) A grant under this section for a purpose described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1) may be used, solely or in part, for training costs, including travel expenses, associated with attendance at training provided by the National Cemetery Administration.”