A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide for deceased peacetime veterans funeral expenses and burial plot allowances not exceeding 80 percent of the amount of such expenses and allowances payable for deceased wartime veterans.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, when a veteran who is not eligible for burial and funeral expenses dies, in his discretion, having due regard for the circumstances in each case, to pay a sum not to exceed $200 to such persons as he prescribes to cover the burial and funeral expenses of the deceased veteran and the expense of preparing the body and transporting it to the place of burial. Provides that, upon the death of any veteran who is not eligible for plot or interment allowance and is not buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction of the United States, the Administrator, in his discretion, having due regard for the circumstances of each case, may pay a sum not to exceed $200 to such person as he prescribes.…