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HR 2123 107th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Cost of living adjustments Disabled Health Labor and Employment Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of payment for funeral and burial expenses and plot allowance for certain veterans.

Introduced: June 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 29, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 12, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 12, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Increases from $300 to $500 the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs.

Increases from $300 to $500 the plot allowance for a veteran who dies in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or a facility providing Department-contracted care.

What's happening now June 29, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 3 Independent 1
R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jul 25, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jul 18, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 12, 2001
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Jul 11, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 11, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 14, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 14, 2001
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jun 12, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2123: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of payment for funeral and burial expenses and plot allowance for certain veterans.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2123/
MLA
"H.R. 2123: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of payment for funeral and burial expenses and plot allowance for certain veterans.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2123/.
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H.R. 2123, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2123/.
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