,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #af1
 #bjad,mr4 ,toomey introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs to conduct a study on matters  
relating to the burial of unclaimed     
remains of veterans in national         
cemeteries1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,dignified ,interment of ,our      
,veterans ,act of #bjad4  #b4           
,department of ,veterans ,affairs study 
on matters relating to burial of        
unclaimed remains of veterans in        
national cemeteries  7a7 ,study and     
report required ,not later than one year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs shall-- 7#a7 complete a study  
on matters relating to the interring of 
unclaimed remains of veterans in        

national cemeteries under the control of
 the ,national ,cemetery                
,administration2 and  7#b7 submit to    
,congress a report on the findings of   
the ,secretary with respect to the study
 required under paragraph 7#a74  7b7    
,matters studied ,the matters studied   
under subsection 7a77#a7 shall include  
the following3 7#a7 ,determining the    
scope of issues relating to unclaimed   
remains of veterans1 including an       
estimate of the number of unclaimed     
remains of veterans4  7#b7 ,assessing   
the effectiveness of the procedures of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
for working with persons or entities    
having custody of unclaimed remains to  
facilitate interment of unclaimed       
remains of veterans in national         
cemeteries under the control of the     
,national ,cemetery ,administration4    
7#c7 ,assessing ,state and local laws   
that affect the ability of the          
,secretary to inter unclaimed remains of
 veterans in national cemeteries under  

the control of the ,national ,cemetery  
,administration4  7#d7 ,developing      
recommendations for such legislative or 
administrative action as the ,secretary 
considers appropriate4  7c7 ,methodology
  7#a7 ,number of unclaimed remains ,in 
estimating the number of unclaimed      
remains of veterans under subsection    
7b77#a71 the ,secretary may review such 
subset of applicable entities as the    
,secretary considers appropriate1       
including a subset of funeral homes and 
coroner offices that possess unclaimed  
veterans remains4  7#b7 ,assessment of  
,state and local laws ,in assessing     
,state and local laws under subsection  
7b77#c71 the ,secretary may assess such 
sample of applicable ,state and local   
laws as the ,secretary considers        
appropriate in lieu of reviewing all    
applicable ,state and local laws4