2013 US Code
Title 38 - Veterans’ Benefits
Part II - GENERAL BENEFITS (§§ 1101 - 2414)
Chapter 24 - NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS (§§ 2400 - 2414)
Section 2414 - Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 38 - VETERANS' BENEFITS PART II - GENERAL BENEFITS CHAPTER 24 - NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS Sec. 2414 - Communication between Department of Veterans Affairs and medical examiners and funeral directors |
Contains | section 2414 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 112-260, title I, §103(a), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2419. |
Statutes at Large References | 126 Stat. 2419, 2420 |
Public Law References | Public Law 112-260 |
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(a)
(1) Whether the deceased veteran was cremated.
(2) The steps taken to ensure that the deceased veteran has no next of kin.
(b)
(1) with respect to whom the Secretary determines that there is no next of kin or other person claiming the body of the deceased veteran; and
(2) who does not have sufficient resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn for the burial of the deceased veteran in a national cemetery, as determined by the Secretary.
(Added Pub. L. 112–260, title I, §103(a), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2419.)
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 112–260, title I, §103(c), Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2420, provided that: "Section 2414 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 10, 2013] and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act."
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