,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjbj,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,hassan7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to ensure that   
grants provided by the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs for ,state veterans' 
cemeteries do not restrict ,states from 
authorizing the interment of certain    
deceased members of the reserve         
components of the ,armed ,forces in such
 cemeteries1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,burial ,equity for ,guards and 
,reserves ,act4  #b4 ,prohibitions on   
restricting interment of certain        
individuals in certain ,state veterans' 
cemeteries ,section #bdjh of title #ch1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7c77#b71 by striking ,the
 ,secretary may and inserting ,except as

 provided in subsection 7e71 the        
,secretary may2  7#b7 by redesignating  
subsections 7e7 and 7f7 as subsections  
7g7 and 7h71 respectively2 and  7#c7 by 
inserting after subsection 7d7 the      
following new subsections3  7e7 7#a7    
,the ,secretary may not establish a     
condition for a grant under this section
 that restricts the ability of a ,state 
receiving such a grant to inter in a    
veterans' cemetery owned by that ,state 
any individual described in paragraph   
7#b7 solely by reason of the            
ineligibility of such individual for    
burial in an open national cemetery     
under the control of the ,national      
,cemetery ,administration under section 
#bdjb7;a7 of this title4  7#b7 ,an      
individual described in this paragraph  
is the following3 7,a7 ,any member of a 
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces 
whose service was terminated under      
honorable conditions4  7,b7 ,any member 
of the ,army ,national ,guard or the    
,air ,national ,guard whose service was 

terminated under honorable conditions4  
7,c7 ,any member of the ,reserve        
,officers' ,training ,corps of the      
,army1 ,navy1 or ,air ,force whose death
 occurs under honorable conditions while
 a member of the ,reserve ,officers'    
,training ,corps of the ,army1 ,navy1 or
 ,air ,force4  7,d7 ,any spouse of any  
member described in subparagraphs 7,a7  
through 7,c74  7f7 ,the ,secretary may  
not deny an application for a grant     
under this section solely on the basis  
that the ,state receiving such grant may
 use funds from such grant to expand1   
improve1 operate1 or maintain a         
veterans' cemetery to allow for the     
interment of individuals described in   
subsection 7e77#b74  4  #c4 ,prohibition
 on enforcing certain conditions on     
grants for ,state veterans' cemeteries  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
may not enforce a condition on a grant  
described in subsection 7e77#a7 of      
section #bdjh of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by section      

#b7c71 that was established before the  
date of the enactment of this ,act4