,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cidd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #af1 #bjba,mr4 
,pappas 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 and
 ,ms4 ,kuster7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was 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 ,act of #bjba4  #b4           
,prohibitions on restricting interment  
of certain individuals in certain ,state
 veterans' cemeteries  7a7 ,grants      
,section #bdjh of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 as amended by the ,johnny
 ,isakson and ,david ,p4 ,roe1 ,m4,d4   

,veterans ,health ,care and ,benefits   
,improvement ,act of #bjbj 7,public ,law
 #aaf-cae71 is further amended-- 7#a7 in
 subsection 7d77#b71 by striking ,the   
,secretary may and inserting ,except as 
provided in subsection 7i71 the         
,secretary may2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following new subsections3  
7i7 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  7,e7 ,any minor child or 
unmarried adult child 7as such terms are
 defined in section #bdjb7;a77 of any   
member described in subparagraphs 7,a7  
through 7,c74  7j7 ,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 7i77#b74  4  7b7 ,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 7i77#a7 of      
section #bdjh of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 that was established before the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4  7c7
 ,plot allowances ,section #bcjc7;b77#a7
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by striking and 7ii7    
members and inserting 7ii7 members2 and 
7#b7 by striking other than             
dishonorable1 and and inserting other   
than dishonorable1 or 7iii7 described in
 section #bdjh7;i77#b7 of this title4