Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery
| Published date | 06 January 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 705 |
| Record Number | 2020-29302 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Veterans Affairs Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29302]
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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 VA National
Cemetery
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the
monetary allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during
calendar year (CY) 2021, 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 Government-
furnished graveliners less any VA administrative costs. 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 during CY 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William Carter, Chief of Budget
Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. The
telephone number is 202-461-9764 (this is not a toll-free number).
DATES: This notice is effective January 1, 2021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2306(e)(3) and
(4) 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 2021 is the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in
fiscal year (FY) 2020, less the administrative cost incurred by VA in
processing and paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished
graveliner.
The average cost of Government-furnished 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 the cemetery gravesite development
projects and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of
computation, the average cost was determined to be $381.00 for FY 2020.
The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during
CY 2020 that relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of
the Government-furnished graveliner. This cost has been determined to
be $9.00.
Therefore, the allowance payable for qualifying interments
occurring during CY 2021, is $372.00.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document 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. Brooks D.
Tucker, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs,
Performing the Delegable Duties of the Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this document on December 31, 2020, for
publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-29302 Filed 1-5-21; 8:45 am]
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