A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for other purposes.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of funeral honors for a veteran that are provided by a detail consisting solely of members of veterans organizations or other related organizations, to support the provision of such funeral honors through a daily stipend to each detail participant.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2814

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of 
funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely 
 of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2006

   Mr. Burns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for support of 
funeral ceremonies for veterans provided by details that consist solely 
 of members of veterans organizations and other organizations, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUPPORT OF FUNERAL CEREMONIES FOR VETERANS PROVIDED BY 
              DETAILS CONSISTING SOLELY OF MEMBERS OF VETERANS 
              ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Support of Funeral Ceremonies.--Section 1491 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection (e):
    ``(e) Funeral Ceremonies for Veterans Provided by Details Other 
Than Funeral Honor Details.--In the case of funeral honors at the 
funeral of a veteran that are provided by a detail that consists solely 
of members of veterans organizations or other organizations referred to 
in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of the military department of which 
the veteran was a member shall support the provision of such funeral 
honors through provision to each person who participates in the detail 
the daily stipend prescribed under subsection (d)(2).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``and subsection 
        (e)'' after ``paragraph (1)(A)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1) of section (f), as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(1) of this section, by inserting ``(other than a 
        requirement in subsection (e)'' after ``pursuant to this 
        section''.
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