FURNISHING CASKETS AND URNS FOR DECEASED VETERANS WITH NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN.

SEC. 101. FURNISHING CASKETS AND URNS FOR DECEASED VETERANS WITH NO KNOWN NEXT OF KIN.(a) In General.—Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively;(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):“(f) The Secretary may furnish a casket or urn, of such quality as the Secretary considers appropriate for a dignified burial, for burial in a national cemetery of a deceased veteran in any case in which the Secretary—“(1) is unable to identify the veteran’s next of kin, if any; and“(2) determines that sufficient resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn for the burial of the veteran in a national cemetery are not otherwise available.”; and(3) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) A casket or urn may not be furnished under subsection (f) for burial of a person described in section 2411(b) of this title.”.(b) Effective Date.—Subsections (f) and (h)(4) of section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on or after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.