Sec. 2. Plot and interment allowances for veterans buried before March 15, 2022, in cemeteries on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, tribal organizations
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pay a plot or interment allowance under paragraph
(1)of section 2303(b) of title 38, United States Code, for a veteran if— the veteran was buried, before March 15, 2022, in a cemetery, or in a section of a cemetery, that is on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a tribal organization; the tribal organization that is responsible for operating and maintaining the cemetery, or the section of cemetery, applies for such allowance; a plot or interment allowance was not already paid for the burial of such veteran under paragraph
(2)of such section; and the burial of the veteran otherwise meets the requirements under paragraph
(1)of such section.