#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#bjhi  ,,an ,,act  ,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 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7d77#b71 by striking ,the    
,secretary may and inserting ,except as 
provided in subsection 7i71 the         
,secretary may2  7#b7 by redesignating  
subsection 7i7 as subsection 7k72 and   
7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7h7  
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 
who was discharged or released from     
service under conditions other than     
dishonorable or whose death occurs under
 conditions other than dishonorable     
while a member of such a reserve        
component4  7,b7 ,any member of the     
,army ,national ,guard or the ,air      
,national ,guard who was discharged or  
released from service under conditions  
other than dishonorable or whose death  

occurs under conditions other than      
dishonorable while a member of the ,army
 ,national ,guard or the ,air ,national 
,guard4  7,c7 ,any member of the        
,reserve ,officers' ,training ,corps of 
the ,army1 ,navy1 or ,air ,force whose  
death occurs under conditions other than
 dishonorable 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;a7 of this title7 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 in which interment of
 individuals described in subsection    
7i77#b7 is allowed4  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 #bcjc of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 
by amending paragraph 7#a7 to read as   
follows3  7#a7 the ,secretary shall pay 
to the relevant ,state1 agency1         
political subdivision1 or tribal        
organization1 as the case may be1 the   
sum of #gjj 7as increased from time to  
time under subsection 7c77 as a plot or 
interment allowance for such veteran if 
the veteran is buried 7without charge   
for the cost of a plot or interment7 in 
a cemetery1 or a section of a cemetery1 
that-- 7,a7 is used solely for the      
interment of persons who are-- 7i7      

eligible for burial in a national       
cemetery2  7ii7 members of a reserve    
component of the ,armed ,forces not     
otherwise eligible for such burial or   
former members of such a reserve        
component not otherwise eligible for    
such burial who are discharged or       
released from service under conditions  
other than dishonorable2 or  7iii7      
described in section #bdjh7;i77#b7 of   
this title2 and  7,b7 is-- 7i7 owned by 
a ,state or by an agency or political   
subdivision of a ,state2 or  7ii7 on    
trust land owned by1 or held in trust   
for1 a tribal organization4  2 and  7,b7
 in paragraph 7#b71 by inserting tribal 
organization1 after of a ,state12 and   
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new subsection3  7e7 ,in this section1  
the terms tribal organization and trust 
land have the meanings given those terms
 in section #cgfe of this title4  4     
,passed the ,senate ,march #g1          
#bjbb4,secretary