S.Amdt. 2455
What it does: Adds SEC. 1082. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY ON MATTERS RELATING TO CLAIMING AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
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Adds SEC. 1082. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY ON MATTERS RELATING TO CLAIMING AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(e) Date for Submittal of Comptroller General of the United States Report.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking "December 30, 2013" and inserting "December 31, 2014".
Inserted: SEC. 1082. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY ON MATTERS RELATING TO CLAIMING AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS.
Inserted: (a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
Inserted: (1) complete a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans; and
Inserted: (2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the study required under paragraph (1).
Inserted: (b) Matters Studied.--The matters studied under subsection (a)(1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) Determining the scope of issues relating to unclaimed remains of veterans, including an estimate of the number of unclaimed remains of veterans on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
Inserted: (2) Assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans.
Inserted: (3) Identifying and assessing State and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter unclaimed remains of veterans.
Inserted: (4) Developing recommendations for such legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2455. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1082. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY ON MATTERS RELATING TO CLAIMING AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS.
(a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
(1) complete a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans; and
(2) submit to Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect to the study required under paragraph (1).
(b) Matters Studied.--The matters studied under subsection (a)(1) shall include the following:
(1) Determining the scope of issues relating to unclaimed remains of veterans, including an estimate of the number of unclaimed remains of veterans on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans.
(3) Identifying and assessing State and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter unclaimed remains of veterans.
(4) Developing recommendations for such legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate
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Senate amendment submitted
November 21, 2013