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HR 4338 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Monuments and memorials Veterans' organizations and recognition

Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

Introduced: November 9, 2017 Introduced by: Tenney, Claudia Republican · New York See on congress.gov
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Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 9, 2017
Introduced in House
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Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request and at U.S. expense, to furnish to a deceased individual in lieu a headstone or marker: (1) an urn to signify the individual's veteran status, in which such individual's remains may be placed at private expense; or (2) a commemorative plaque signifying the individual's veteran status.

A "deceased individual" is an individual: (1) who served in the Armed Forces on or after April 6, 1917; (2) who is eligible for a headstone or marker or would be so eligible but for the date of the individual's death; and (3) whose remains were cremated and placed in a site of interment or inurnment other than a national cemetery, a state veterans' cemetery, a tribal cemetery, or a private cemetery.

What's happening now November 9, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4338: Chuck Osier Burial Benefits Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4338/
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