,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,ms4 ,tenney 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     
furnish urns for the remains of certain 
veterans whose remains are placed in    
non-traditional resting sites4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,chuck ,osier ,burial ,benefits     
,act4  #b4 ,department of ,veterans     
,affairs provision of urns for remains  
of certain veterans whose remains are   
placed in non-traditional resting sites 
,section #bcjf7;d7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#f7  7,a7 ,in lieu of furnishing a     
headstone or marker under this          
subsection to a deceased individual     
described in subparagraph 7,b71 the     

,secretary shall furnish1 upon request  
and at the expense of the ,united       
,states--  7i7 an urn made of any       
material to signify the individual's    
status as a veteran1 in which the       
remains of such individual may be placed
 at private expense2 or  7ii7 a         
commemorative plaque signifying the     
individual's status as a veteran4  7,b7 
,a deceased individual described in this
 subsection is an individual--  7i7 who 
served in the ,armed ,forces on or after
 ,april #f1 #aiag2  7ii7 who is eligible
 for a headstone or marker furnished    
under paragraph 7#a7 7or would be so    
eligible but for the date of the death  
of the individual72 and  7iii7 whose    
remains were cremated and are placed in 
a non-traditional resting site4  7,c7   
,in this paragraph1 the term            
non-traditional resting site means a    
site of interment or inurnment other    
than a national cemetery1 a ,state      
veterans' cemetery1 a tribal cemetery1  
or a private cemetery4  4