Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans' Cemetery, 79939 [2022-28229]

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AGENCY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded State or Tribal Veterans’ cemetery of Veterans who die with no known next of kin and where there are insufficient resources for furnishing a burial container. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties of the rates that will apply to reimbursement claims that occur during calendar year 2023. DATES: This reimbursement is effective January 1, 2023. ddrumheller on DSK6VXHR33PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:26 Dec 27, 2022 Jkt 259001 Jerry Sowders, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 4850 Lemay Ferry Road, Saint Louis, MO 63129. The telephone number is 314–416–6369. This is not a toll-free number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States Code, authorizes VA’s National Cemetery Administration to furnish a casket or urn for interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded State or Tribal Veterans’ cemetery of the unclaimed remains of Veterans for whom VA cannot identify a next of kin, and determines that sufficient financial resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn for burial are not available. VA established regulations to administer this authority as a reimbursement benefit in 38 CFR 38.628. In accordance with the regulation, reimbursement for a claim received in any calendar year will not exceed the average cost of a 20-gauge metal casket or a durable plastic urn during the fiscal year preceding the calendar year of the claim, as determined by VA. Average costs are based on market price analysis for 20-gauge metal caskets, designed to contain human remains, with a gasketed seal, and external rails or handles. The same analysis is completed for durable plastic urns, designed to contain human remains, which include a secure closure to contain the cremated remains. Using this approach, in fiscal year 2022, the average costs were determined to be $1,115.00 for caskets and $106.00 for urns. Accordingly, the maximum reimbursement rates payable for qualifying interments occurring during calendar year 2023 are $1,115.00 for caskets and $106.00 for urns. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signing Authority Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 19, 2022, and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jeffrey M. Martin, Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. 2022–28229 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 79939 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Department of Veterans Affairs. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during calendar year (CY) 2023, which applies toward the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle (or ‘‘graveliner’’) for use in a VA national cemetery. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners less any administrative costs to VA. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties of the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners, administrative costs that relate to processing and paying the allowance and the amount of the allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur in CY 2023. DATES: This allowance is effective on January 1, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Carter, Chief of Budget Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: 202–461–9764 (this is not a toll-free number). SUMMARY: 38 U.S.C. 2306(e)(3), (4) authorizes VA to provide a monetary allowance for the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery where its use is authorized. The allowance for qualified interments that occur during CY 2023 is the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in fiscal year (FY) 2022, less the administrative cost incurred by VA in processing and paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished graveliner. The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal year for single-depth graveliners that were procured for placement at the time of interment and dividing it by the total number of such graveliners procured by VA during that fiscal year. The calculation excludes both graveliners pre-placed in gravesites as part of cemetery gravesite development projects and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the average SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

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[FR Doc No: 2022-28229]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Reimbursement for Caskets and Urns for Burial of Unclaimed 
Remains in a National Cemetery or a VA-Funded State or Tribal Veterans' 
Cemetery

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the 
monetary reimbursement rates for caskets and urns purchased for 
interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded State or Tribal 
Veterans' cemetery of Veterans who die with no known next of kin and 
where there are insufficient resources for furnishing a burial 
container. The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties 
of the rates that will apply to reimbursement claims that occur during 
calendar year 2023.

DATES: This reimbursement is effective January 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Sowders, National Cemetery 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 4850 Lemay Ferry Road, 
Saint Louis, MO 63129. The telephone number is 314-416-6369. This is 
not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States 
Code, authorizes VA's National Cemetery Administration to furnish a 
casket or urn for interment in a VA national cemetery or a VA-funded 
State or Tribal Veterans' cemetery of the unclaimed remains of Veterans 
for whom VA cannot identify a next of kin, and determines that 
sufficient financial resources for the furnishing of a casket or urn 
for burial are not available. VA established regulations to administer 
this authority as a reimbursement benefit in 38 CFR 38.628.
    In accordance with the regulation, reimbursement for a claim 
received in any calendar year will not exceed the average cost of a 20-
gauge metal casket or a durable plastic urn during the fiscal year 
preceding the calendar year of the claim, as determined by VA.
    Average costs are based on market price analysis for 20-gauge metal 
caskets, designed to contain human remains, with a gasketed seal, and 
external rails or handles. The same analysis is completed for durable 
plastic urns, designed to contain human remains, which include a secure 
closure to contain the cremated remains.
    Using this approach, in fiscal year 2022, the average costs were 
determined to be $1,115.00 for caskets and $106.00 for urns. 
Accordingly, the maximum reimbursement rates payable for qualifying 
interments occurring during calendar year 2023 are $1,115.00 for 
caskets and $106.00 for urns.

Signing Authority

    Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this 
document on December 19, 2022, and authorized the undersigned to sign 
and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for 
publication electronically as an official document of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-28229 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-P
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