S.Amdt. 2800

1. Adds SEC. 7. IDENTIFICATION OF UNCLAIMED AND ABANDONED HUMAN REMAINS on page 18, between lines 5 and 6

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   Inserted: SEC. 7. IDENTIFICATION OF UNCLAIMED AND ABANDONED HUMAN REMAINS.

   Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--Congress recognizes the tireless work and dedication of the members of the Missing in America Project, in conjunction with numerous veterans service organizations, in identifying the unclaimed remains of veterans.

   Inserted: (b) Identification of Unclaimed or Abandoned Human Remains.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cooperate with veterans service organizations to assist entities in possession of unclaimed or abandoned human remains in determining if any such remains are the remains of veterans or other individuals eligible for burial in a national cemetery.

   Inserted: (c) Burial of Unclaimed or Abandoned Human Remains.--

   Inserted: (1) Funeral expenses.--Section 2302(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "who was a veteran of any war or was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, whose body is held by a State (or a political subdivision of a State), and".

   Inserted: (2) Transportation costs.--Section 2308 of such title is amended--

   Inserted: (A) by striking "Where a veteran" and all that follows through "compensation, the" and inserting "(a) In General.--The";

   Inserted: (B) in subsection (a), as designated by subparagraph (A), by inserting "described in subsection (b)" after "of the deceased veteran"; and

   Inserted: (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(b) Deceased Veteran Described.--A deceased veteran described in this subsection is any of the following veterans:

   Inserted: "(1) A veteran who dies as the result of a service-connected disability.

   Inserted: "(2) A veteran who dies while in receipt of disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of retirement pay or pension under this title, would have been entitled to compensation).

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   Inserted: "(3) A veteran whom the Secretary determines is eligible for funeral expenses under section 2302 of this title by virtue of the Secretary determining that the veteran has no next of kin or other person claiming the body of such veteran pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section.".

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   On page 18, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

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