Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS

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## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS ###

(a)Short Title This Act may be cited as the “Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012”. ###

(b)Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Scoring of budgetary effects. TITLE I—CEMETERY MATTERS Sec. 101. Furnishing caskets and urns for deceased veterans with no known next of kin. Sec. 102. Veterans freedom of conscience protection. Sec. 103. Improved communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors. Sec. 104. Identification and burial of unclaimed or abandoned human remains. Sec. 105. Exclusion of persons convicted of committing certain sex offenses from interment or memorialization in national cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery, and certain State veterans’ cemeteries and from receiving certain funeral honors. Sec. 106. Restoration, operation, and maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery by American Battle Monuments Commission. Sec. 107. Report on compliance of Department of Veterans Affairs with industry standards for caskets and urns. TITLE II—HEALTH CARE Sec. 201. Establishment of open burn pit registry. Sec. 202. Transportation of beneficiaries to and from facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 203. Extension of reduced pension for certain veterans covered by medicaid plans for services furnished by nursing facilities. Sec. 204. Extension of report requirement for Special Committee on Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder. TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS Sec. 301. Off-base transition training for veterans and their spouses. Sec. 302. Requirement that judges on United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims reside within 50 miles of District of Columbia. Sec. 303. Designation of Trinka Davis Veterans Village. Sec. 304. Designation of William “Bill” Kling Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Sec. 305. Designation of Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Sec. 306. Designation of David F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic.