Burial Equity Act

Summary

The bill creates a centrally located West Virginia veterans cemetery that will accept eligible National Guard and reserve veterans, their spouses and dependent children. It sets eligibility rules, makes the benefits retroactive to deaths after March 15 2022, and creates a grant program that can cover up to $1,000 of burial costs. Funding comes from a new Burial Equity Fund seeded with $50,000 and other sources, and the program is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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