,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,blumenthal7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to enhance the            
transparency of the ,national ,cemetery 
,administration of the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,honest ,operations
 for ,national ,cemetery ,reporting ,act
 of #bjbe or the ,,honor ,act of #bjbe4 
#b4  ,interment schedule availability at
 cemeteries under the control of the    
,national ,cemetery ,administration  7a7
  ,in general  ,the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs shall maintain1 on   
the publicly accessible website landing 
page of the ,national ,cemetery         
,administration1 a spreadsheet or       
similar document displaying the most    
recent interment schedule availability  

for each operational cemetery under the 
control of the ,national ,cemetery      
,administration4  7b7  ,implementation  
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall-- 7#a7 not later than #abj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 make the spreadsheet or similar   
document described in subsection 7b7    
available as required by such           
subsection2 and  7#b7 once every #cj    
days thereafter1 update such spreadsheet
 or similar document4  7c7  ,definition 
of interment schedule availability  ,not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
submit to ,congress a proposed          
definition for the term interment       
schedule availability that--  7#a7      
generally means the number of business  
days between the establishment of a case
 for a deceased individual and the first
 availability for the interment of the  
individual2 and  7#b7 takes into account
 the ability to meet the family's       

preferred dates1 days of the week1 and  
times for scheduling the interment4  7d7
  ,report on historical data  ,not later
 than one year after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall submit to   
,congress a report on data for interment
 schedule availability during the       
five-year period ending on the date on  
which the report is submitted4  #c4     
,customer service surveys  7a7          
,american ,customer ,satisfaction ,index
 survey  7#a7  ,sense of ,congress  ,it 
is the sense of ,congress that the      
,national ,cemetery ,administration     
should continue to participate in the   
,american ,customer ,satisfaction ,index
 survey4  7#b7  ,notice to ,congress    
,not later than #cj days before the date
 on which the ,national ,cemetery       
,administration does not participate in 
an ,american ,customer ,satisfaction    
,index survey1 the ,under ,secretary for
 ,memorial ,affairs of the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall notify      

,congress of such non-participation4    
7b7  ,national ,cemetery ,administration
 surveys  7#a7  ,in general  ,the ,under
 ,secretary for ,memorial ,affairs shall
 continue to-- 7,a7 administer the      
customer service survey of the ,national
 ,cemetery ,administration to veterans1 
families1 and funeral homes through     
ongoing survey activities2 and  7,b7    
publish the results of such survey4     
7#b7 ,submittal to ,congress ,not later 
than #cj days before the date on which  
any change is made to the survey        
described in paragraph 7#a71 including  
with respect to methodology1            
participants1 or scope1 the ,under      
,secretary for ,memorial ,affairs shall 
submit to ,congress a description of    
such change4