HR9321Referred to Committee

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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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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119th
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2026-06-15
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Zachary Nunn
Zachary Nunn
Republican · IA · Representative
Votes with party: 96.2% (550 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-06-15

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would allow the Veterans Legacy Program, which provides grants to help preserve and maintain veterans' cemeteries and memorials, to use those funds for additional purposes beyond their current restrictions. This would give cemetery administrators more flexibility in how they spend grant money to support their facilities and honor veterans. The change would affect veterans' organizations, cemetery operators, and communities that maintain burial grounds for military service members.

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