,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjag,mr4 
,banks of ,indiana 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,messer1 ,mr4 ,budd1 and ,mrs4          
,radewagen7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to pay 
costs relating to the transportation of 
certain deceased veterans to veterans'  
cemeteries owned by a ,state or tribal  
organization4  #a4 ,transportation of   
deceased veterans to veterans'          
cemeteries  7a7 ,in general ,subsection 
7a7 of section #bcjh of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7a7 ,in ,general  7#a7
 ,the ,secretary may pay1 in addition to
 any amount paid pursuant to section    
#bcjb or #bcjg of this title1 the cost  
of transportation of the deceased       
veteran described in paragraph 7#a7 or  

7#b7 of subsection 7b7 for burial in a  
national cemetery or a covered veterans'
 cemetery4 ,such payment shall not      
exceed the cost of transportation to the
 national cemetery nearest the veteran's
 last place of residence in which burial
 space is available4  7#b7 ,the         
,secretary may pay1 in addition to any  
amount paid pursuant to section #bcjb or
 #bcjg of this title1 the cost of       
transportation of the deceased veteran  
described in subsection 7b77#c7 for     
burial in a national cemetery4 ,such    
payment shall not exceed the cost of    
transportation to the national cemetery 
nearest the veteran's last place of     
residence in which burial space is      
available4  4  7b7 ,covered ,veterans'  
,cemetery ,defined ,section #bcjh of    
such title is amended by adding at the  
end the following new subsection3  7c7  
,covered ,veterans' ,cemetery ,defined  
,in this section1 the term covered      
veterans' cemetery means1 with respect  
to a deceased veteran described in      

subsection 7b71 a veterans' cemetery    
owned by a ,state or a tribal           
organization 7as defined in section     
#cgfe7d7 of this title7 in which the    
deceased veteran is eligible to be      
buried4  4  7c7 ,conforming ,amendment  
,section #bcjh of such title is amended 
in the section heading by adding at the 
end the following3 or a veterans'       
cemetery4  7d7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of sections at the beginning of   
chapter #bc of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section   
#bcjh and inserting the following new   
item3  #bcjh4 ,transportation of        
deceased veteran to a national cemetery 
or a veterans' cemetery4  4