GREEN BURIAL SECTIONS AT NATIONAL CEMETERIES.

SEC. 3. GREEN BURIAL SECTIONS AT NATIONAL CEMETERIES. Section 2404 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) in the case of grave sites in a green burial section designated under subsection (i), the Secretary may provide for grave markers of such type as the Secretary considers appropriate.” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i)(1) The Secretary may designate one or more sections in any national cemetery as green burial sections. “(2) In this subsection, the term ‘green burial section’ means a section of a cemetery in which the remains of individuals interred in that section— “(A) have been prepared for interment in a manner that does not involve chemicals or embalming fluids; and “(B) have been interred in a natural manner or in completely biodegradable burial receptacles.” .