Data / Federal rules / 2024-15532
Reconsideration of Prior Interment and Memorialization Decisions
The Veterans Affairs Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 17, 2024. It took effect on August 16, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its regulations to implement the statute authorizing VA to reconsider a prior decision to inter or honor the memory of a person in a VA national cemetery. As of December 20, 2013, VA was authorized to reconsider a prior decision to inter or memorialize an individual who was convicted of a Federal or State capital crime or a Federal or State crime that caused the individual to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. In addition, VA was authorized to reconsider a prior decision to inter or memorialize an individual who committed a Federal or State capital crime but was not convicted of such crime because that individual was not available for trial due to death or flight to avoid prosecution. As of January 5, 2023, VA was authorized to reconsider a prior decision to inter or memorialize an individual who committed a Federal or State crime that would cause the person to be a tier III sex offender but was not convicted of such crime because that individual was not available for trial due to death or flight to avoid prosecution. This rulemaking implements review criteria and procedures for reconsideration of prior interment or memorialization decisions within VA regulations.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-15532
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs Department
- Published
- July 17, 2024
- Takes effect
- August 16, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective August 16, 2024.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2900-AR37
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 38 CFR 38
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Cemeteries; Claims; Crime; Grant programs-veterans; Veterans
- Pages
- 5
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