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 | 23 November 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 66620 |
| Record Number | 2021-25471 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Veterans Affairs Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25471]
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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) 2022, 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 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 CY 2022.
DATES: This notice is effective January 1, 2022.
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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(e)(3) and (4) of title 38,
United States Code, 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 2022 is the average cost of
Government-furnished graveliners in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, 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 cemetery gravesite development projects
and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the
average cost was determined to be $371.00 for FY 2021.
The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during
CY 2021 that relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of
the Government-furnished graveliner. This cost has been determined to
be $9.00.
The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during CY
2022, therefore, is $362.00.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on November 16, 2021, 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. 2021-25471 Filed 11-22-21; 8:45 am]
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