Sec. 201. ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS BURIED IN TRIBAL CEMETERIES FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BURIAL BENEFITS

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## SEC. 201 ELIGIBILITY OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS BURIED IN TRIBAL CEMETERIES FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BURIAL BENEFITS Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a)(4), by inserting “or a veterans’ cemetery owned by a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization” after “State”; ####

(2)in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “, a veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization” after “owned by a State”; ####

(3)in subsection (f)— #####

(A)by redesignating paragraphs

(1)and

(2)as subparagraphs

(A)and (B), respectively; #####

(B)by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “(1) The Secretary”; #####

(C)by striking “a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title” and inserting “a covered cemetery”; and #####

(D)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(2) > > The term ‘covered cemetery’ means any of the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > A national cemetery. > > > ##### “(B) > > A veterans’ cemetery of a State for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title. > > > ##### “(C) > > A veterans’ cemetery of a tribal organization or on land owned by or held in trust for a tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under subsection

(f)of such section.” > ; and ####

(4)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(i) > > In this section, the term ‘tribal organization’ has the meaning given such term in section 3765 of this title.” > .