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
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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 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 in CY 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79939-79940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28204]
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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 Department
of Veterans Affairs 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) 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 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 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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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
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cost was determined to be $409.00 for FY 2022.
The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during
CY 2022 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
2023, therefore, is $400.00.
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.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office of Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-28204 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-P
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