Sec. 104. IDENTIFICATION AND BURIAL OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED HUMAN REMAINS
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## SEC. 104 IDENTIFICATION AND BURIAL OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED HUMAN REMAINS **[**[38 U.S.C. 2402 note](/us/usc/t38/s2402)**]** ###
(a)Identification of Unclaimed or Abandoned Human Remains The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cooperate with veterans service organizations to assist entities in possession of unclaimed or abandoned human remains in determining if any such remains are the remains of veterans or other individuals eligible for burial in a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. ###
(b)Burial of Unclaimed or Abandoned Human Remains ####
(1)Funeral expenses Section of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “who was a veteran of any war or was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, whose body is held by a State (or a political subdivision of a State), and”. ####
(2)Transportation costs Section 2308 of such title is amended— #####
(A)by striking “Where a veteran” and all that follows through “compensation, the” and inserting “(a) In General.—The”; #####
(B)in subsection (a), as designated by subparagraph (A), by inserting “described in subsection (b)” after “of the deceased veteran”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(b) Deceased Veteran Described > > A deceased veteran described in this subsection is any of the following veterans: > > > #### “(1) > > A veteran who dies as the result of a service-connected disability. > > > #### “(2) > > A veteran who dies while in receipt of disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of retirement pay or pension under this title, would have been entitled to compensation). > > > #### “(3) > > A veteran whom the Secretary determines is eligible for funeral expenses under section 2302 of this title by virtue of the Secretary determining that the veteran has no next of kin or other person claiming the body of such veteran pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section.” > . ####
(3)Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to burials and funerals occurring on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Sec. 104
IDENTIFICATION AND BURIAL OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED HUMAN REMAINS
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