Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act

Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Secretary of the military department concerned to accept voluntary services performed by a veteran or veterans organization at a national cemetery, including the veteran's sharing with visitors of the story of the veteran's military service.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6044 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6044

    To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept 
voluntary services from veterans and veterans service organizations at 
                          national cemeteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2012

  Mr. Platts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept 
voluntary services from veterans and veterans service organizations at 
                          national cemeteries.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Volunteer Veterans for Cemetery 
Service Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

    (a) Department of Defense.--Section 1588(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(9) Voluntary services performed by a veteran or a 
        veterans service organization at a cemetery under the control 
        of the Secretary to support the personnel of such cemetery, 
        including by a veteran sharing with visitors to the cemetery 
        the story of the military service of the veteran.''.
    (b) Department of Veterans Affairs.--Section 2404(e) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In carrying out'' and inserting ``(1) In 
        carrying out''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) In carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under 
this chapter, the Secretary may accept voluntary services performed by 
a veteran or a veterans service organization at a national cemetery to 
support the personnel of such cemetery, including by a veteran sharing 
with visitors to the cemetery the story of the military service of the 
veteran.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out 
subparagraph (A), including to ensure the proper qualifications, 
supervision, and role of a volunteer under such subparagraph.''.
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