,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bh1      
#bjai,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,rubio7 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 increase certain      
funeral benefits for veterans1 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 in the matter after     
paragraph 7#b77;,b71 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 in subsection 7a71 as     
designated by paragraph 7#a71 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 date that is one year after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4