§ 2414. Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2013

   Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–260 title I § 103(a) · 126 Stat. 2417

   Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 2414

   (Added Pub. L. 112–260, title I, § 103(a), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2419.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 112–260, title I, § 103(a), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2419.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2414. Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors “(a) Required Information.— With respect to each deceased veteran described in subsection (b) who is transported to a national cemetery for burial, the Secretary shall ensure that the local medical examiner, funeral director, county service group, or other entity responsible for the body of the deceased veteran before such transportation submits to the Secretary the following information: “(1) Whether the deceased veteran was cremated. “(2) The steps taken to ensure that the deceased veteran has no next of kin. “(b) Deceased Veteran Described.— A deceased veteran described in this subsection is a deceased veteran— “(1) with respect to whom the Secretary determines that there is no next of kin or other person claiming the body of the deceased veteran; and “(2) who does not have sufficient resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn for the burial of the deceased veteran in a national cemetery, as determined by the Secretary.” .

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