,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,hunter 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mrs4       
,demings1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4
 ,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,ms4 ,kuster
 of ,new ,hampshire1 and ,mr4 ,de,fazio7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to increase certain veteran    
funeral benefits1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,burial ,rights for 
,america's ,veterans' ,efforts ,act of  
#bjai or the ,,brave ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,increase to certain funeral benefits  
under laws administered by the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7   
,funeral expenses ,section #bcjb7;a7 of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking #cjj and    

inserting #ghj 7as increased from time  
to time under subsection 7c772 and  7#b7
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsection3  7c7 ,with respect to any   
fiscal year1 the ,secretary shall       
provide a percentage increase 7rounded  
to the nearest dollar7 in the maximum   
amount of burial and funeral expenses   
payable under subsection 7a7 equal to   
the percentage by which--  7#a7 the     
,consumer ,price ,index 7all items1     
,united ,states city average7 for the   
#ab-month period ending on the ,june #cj
 preceding the beginning of the fiscal  
year for which the increase is made1    
exceeds  7#b7 the ,consumer ,price      
,index for the #ab-month period         
preceding the #ab-month period described
 in paragraph 7#a74  4  7b7 ,death from 
service-,connected disability ,section  
#bcjg of such title is amended-- 7#a7 by
 striking ,in any case and inserting the
 following3  7a7 ,in general ,in any    
case  2  7#b7 by striking #b1jjj and    
inserting #b1jjj 7as increased from time

 to time under subsection 7b772 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7b7 ,with respect to   
any fiscal year1 the ,secretary shall   
provide a percentage increase 7rounded  
to the nearest dollar7 in the maximum   
amount of burial and funeral expenses   
payable under subsection 7a7 equal to   
the percentage by which--  7#a7 the     
,consumer ,price ,index 7all items1     
,united ,states city average7 for the   
#ab-month period ending on the ,june #cj
 preceding the beginning of the fiscal  
year for which the increase is made1    
exceeds  7#b7 the ,consumer ,price      
,index for the #ab-month period         
preceding the #ab-month period described
 in paragraph 7#a74  4  7c7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this ,act  
shall apply to deaths that occur after  
the day that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act4