Veterans Burial Improvements: Permanent Benefits, Increased Transport Allowance, and Expanded Eligibility.
This Act makes burial benefits, such as headstones and interment in national cemeteries, permanent for spouses and children who predecease active duty service members, removing the previous expiration date. It also standardizes and increases financial assistance for transporting deceased veterans for burial, setting a base allowance of $745 (indexed to inflation), and expands burial plot allowances to veterans who did not meet minimum active duty service requirements.
Key points
Burial benefits for spouses and children of active duty service members are now permanent, eliminating the 2032 expiration date.
A standardized transportation allowance of $745 (indexed to inflation) is established for transporting eligible deceased veterans for burial.
Burial plot allowances are extended to veterans who were honorably discharged but did not meet the minimum active duty service time requirements.
The VA gains authority to use group headstones or markers for burial locations containing multiple remains, aiding historical recognition.
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