Sec. 2205. Aid to counties for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans' cemeteries
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Section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— by inserting or county after State each place it appears; in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsections (b), (c), (d), and
(g); by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary may make a grant to a county under this section only if— the State in which the county is located does not have a veterans' cemetery owned by the State; the State is not in receipt of a grant under this section for the construction of a new veterans' cemetery to be owned by the State; the State did not apply for a grant under this section during the previous year; no tribal organization from the State in which the county is located has a veterans' cemetery on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, the tribal organization; no such tribal organization is in receipt of a grant under this section for the construction of a new veterans' cemetery to be located on such land; and no such tribal organization applied for a grant under this section during the previous year; and the county demonstrates in the application under subsection (a)(2), to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the county has the resources necessary to operate and maintain the veterans’ cemetery owned by the county. If a county and the State in which the county is located both apply for a grant under this section for the same year, the Secretary shall give priority to the State. If a county and a tribal organization from the State in which the county is located both apply for a grant under this section for the same year, the Secretary shall give priority to the tribal organization. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. ; and in subsection (f)— by redesignating paragraph
(3)as subsection (h); by moving such subsection, as so redesignated, to the location after subsection (g), as added by paragraph (3); in subsection (h), as so redesignated and moved, by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as paragraphs
(1)and (2), respectively; and in the matter preceding paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking this subsection and inserting this section . The heading of such section is amended by inserting after , counties, and tribal organizations . States The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 24 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2408 and inserting the following new item: 2408. Aid to States, counties, and tribal organizations for establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans' cemeteries. . The amendments made by this section shall take on effect on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.