PUBLIC LAW 104-275—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3331 "(a)(1) When a veteran dies in a facility described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall— "(A) pay the actual cost (not to exceed $300) of the burial and funeral or, within such limits, may make contracts for such services without regard to the laws requiring advertisement for proposals for supplies and services for the Department; and "(B) when such a death occurs in a State, transport the body to the place of burial in the same or any other State. "(2) A facility described in this paragraph is— "(A) a Department facility (as defined in section 1701(4) of this title) to which the deceased was properly admitted for hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care under section 1710 or 1711(a) of this title; or "(B) an institution at which the deceased vetersin was, at the time of death, receiving— "(i) hospital care in accordance with section 1703 of this title; "(ii) nursing home care under section 1720 of this title; or "(iii) nursing home care for which pa3anents are made under section 1741 of this title.". SEC. 213. OUTER BURIAL RECEPTACLES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Subsection (d) of section 2306 is amended— (1) in paragrai^ (1), by striking out "a grave liner" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "an outer burial receptacle"; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking out "grave liners" and inserting in lieu thereof "outer burial receptacles"; and (B) by striking out "specifications and procedures'^ and inserting in lieu thereof "regulations or procedures"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(3) RegIaticms or procedures under paragraph (2) may specify ^at— "(A) an outer burial receptacle other than a grave liner be provided in lieu of a grave liner at the electicm of the survivors of the interred veteran; and "(B) if an outer burial rec^tacle other than a grave linmr is provided in lieu of a grave liner upon an election of such survivors, such survivors be required—
- ^i) to pay the amount by which the cost of the outer
burial receptacle exceeds the cost of the grave liner tiiat would otherwise have been provided in the absence of ' the election; and "(ii) to pay the amount of the administrative costs incurred by liie Secretary (or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army) in providing ^e outer burial receptacle in lieu of such grave lin^. "(4) Regulations or procedures under paragraph (2) may provide for the use of a voucher system, or other system of reimbursement approved by the Secretary (or, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, the Secretary of the Army), for payment for outer burial receptacles other than grave liners provided under such regulations or procedures.". 2»-194O-96 -9:(^3Part6
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