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Protecting our Veterans’ Memories Act
Sponsored By: Representative Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
In Committee
Summary
Creates a $525 plot and interment allowance for spouses and children of veterans buried in State cemeteries. This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the State, agency, or local owner of a State cemetery that amount for each eligible individual, with the base payment adjustable over time. Eligible individuals include spouses and surviving spouses (including those who remarried), minor children under 21 or under 23 if enrolled in an approved educational institution, and, at the Secretary's discretion, certain unmarried adult children of qualifying veterans. It would take effect on enactment and apply to deaths occurring on or after that date.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
State cemetery $525 burial payment
If enacted, the Department of Veterans Affairs would pay $525 to the State, agency, or political subdivision that owns a State cemetery for each eligible person buried there. Eligible people would include a spouse; a surviving spouse (including one who later remarried); a minor child (under 21, or under 23 if pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution); and, at the Secretary's discretion, an unmarried adult child of certain veterans. The $525 amount would be adjustable over time under the bill's adjustment rule. The change would take effect on the date of enactment and apply to deaths occurring on or after that date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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