To address interment schedule availability at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.

SA 3082. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3038 submitted by Ms.
Collins and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 3944, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. INTERMENT SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY AT CEMETERIES UNDER
THE CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
maintain, on the publicly accessible website landing page of
the National Cemetery Administration, a spreadsheet or
similar document displaying the most recent interment
schedule availability for each operational cemetery under the
control of the National Cemetery Administration.
(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall--
(1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, make the spreadsheet or similar document
described in subsection (a) available as required by such
subsection; and
(2) once every 30 days thereafter, update such spreadsheet
or similar document.
(c) Definition of Interment Schedule Availability.--Not
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a proposed definition for
the term ``interment schedule availability'' that--
(1) 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 individual; and
(2) takes into account the ability to meet the family's
preferred dates, days of the week, and times for scheduling
the interment.
(d) Report on Historical Data.--Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report on data for interment schedule
availability during the five-year period ending on the date
on which the report is submitted.
(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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