To temporarily expand the authorized uses of grants awarded under the Veterans Legacy Program of the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9321 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9321

 To temporarily expand the authorized uses of grants awarded under the
 Veterans Legacy Program of the National Cemetery Administration, and
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2026

    Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 To temporarily expand the authorized uses of grants awarded under the
 Veterans Legacy Program of the National Cemetery Administration, 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. VETERANS LEGACY PROGRAM GRANTS FOR LOCATING, IDENTIFYING,
              AND INTERRING UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED REMAINS OF VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1(a)(3) of Public Law 116-
107 (38 U.S.C. 2400 note), during the period specified in subsection
(b), an entity in receipt of a grant under the Veterans Legacy Program
may use such grant to assist the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in--
            (1) locating unclaimed or abandoned human remains suspected
        to be the remains of a veteran;
            (2) determining whether such remains are the remains of a
        veteran; or
            (3) interring such remains in a national cemetery under the
        jurisdiction of the Secretary.
    (b) Period Specified.--The period specified in this subsection is
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and
ending on the last day of the second fiscal year beginning after such
date.
    (c) Limitation on Budget Request Amounts.--Amounts made available
for grants used for the purposes described in subsection (a) shall not
be requested in addition to amounts otherwise intended to be requested
for the Veterans Legacy Program in any annual budget request of the
President that is submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code.
    (d) Veterans Legacy Program Defined.--In this section, the term
``Veterans Legacy Program'' has the meaning given such term in Public
Law 116-107.
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