{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s2308","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2308.","heading":"Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans\u2019 cemetery","text":"\u00a7\u202f2308.\nTransportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans\u2019 cemetery\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nThe Secretary may pay, in addition to any amount paid pursuant to\nsection 2303 of this title\nsection 2307 of this title\n(b)\nDeceased Veteran Described.\u2014\nA deceased veteran described in this subsection is any of the following veterans:\n(1) A veteran who dies as the result of a service-connected disability.\n(2) A veteran who dies while in receipt of disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of retirement pay or pension under this title, would have been entitled to compensation).\n(3) A veteran whom the Secretary determines is eligible for funeral expenses under\nsection 2303 of this title\n(c)\nCovered Veterans\u2019 Cemetery Defined.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201ccovered veterans\u2019 cemetery\u201d means a veterans\u2019 cemetery\u2014\n(1) in which a deceased veteran described in subsection (b) is eligible to be buried;\n(2) that\u2014\n(A) is owned by a State; or\n(B) is on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a tribal organization; and\n(3) for which the Secretary has made a grant under\nsection 2408 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s2308.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2308."},{"t":"heading","text":"Transportation of deceased veteran to a national cemetery or a covered veterans\u2019 cemetery"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Secretary may pay, in addition to any amount paid pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2303 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s2303","tail":" regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section, or pursuant to "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 2307 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s2307","tail":", the cost of transportation of the deceased veteran described in subsection (b) for burial in a national cemetery or a covered veterans\u2019 cemetery. Such payment shall not exceed the cost of transportation to the national cemetery nearest the veteran\u2019s last place of residence in which burial space is available."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Deceased Veteran Described.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A deceased veteran described in this subsection is any of the following veterans:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" A veteran who dies as the result of a service-connected disability.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" A veteran who dies while in receipt of disability compensation (or who but for the receipt of retirement pay or pension under this title, would have been entitled to compensation).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" A veteran whom the Secretary determines is eligible for funeral expenses under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2303 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s2303","tail":" by virtue of the Secretary determining that the veteran has no next of kin or other person claiming the body of such veteran pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(C) of such section."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Covered Veterans\u2019 Cemetery Defined.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section, the term \u201ccovered veterans\u2019 cemetery\u201d means a veterans\u2019 cemetery\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" in which a deceased veteran described in subsection (b) is eligible to be buried;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" that\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" is owned by a State; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" is on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a tribal organization; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s2308/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" for which the Secretary has made a grant under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2408 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s2408","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}