Notice2026-02776
Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial Receptacles
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Published
February 11, 2026
Effective
January 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
VA is providing notice of the monetary allowance amount payable for outer burial receptacles (OBR) for qualifying interments in a VA national cemetery or in a VA grant-funded veterans cemetery that occur during calendar year (CY) 2026. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners less any administrative costs associated with processing and paying the allowance. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners, associated administrative costs, and the allowance amount payable for qualifying interments that occur in CY 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 6289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02776]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[Docket No. VA-2026-VACO-0001]
Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial Receptacles
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: VA is providing notice of the monetary allowance amount
payable for outer burial receptacles (OBR) for qualifying interments in
a VA national cemetery or in a VA grant-funded veterans cemetery that
occur during calendar year (CY) 2026. The allowance is equal to the
average cost of Government-furnished graveliners less any
administrative costs associated with processing and paying the
allowance. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties
of the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners, associated
administrative costs, and the allowance amount payable for qualifying
interments that occur in CY 2026.
DATES: This allowance amount is effective on January 1, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fatorma Bolay, Senior Budget Analyst
of Budget Execution Division, National Cemetery Administration, 202-
461-6324.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(e) of title 38, United States
Code (U.S.C.), authorizes VA to provide an OBR for each new grave used
for casketed remains in an open VA national cemetery or in a cemetery
that is the subject of a grant to a State or Tribal Organization under
38 U.S.C. 2408. Section 2306(e)(4) authorizes VA to administer this
benefit using a voucher system or other system of reimbursement in
situations where an OBR is purchased or provided in lieu of a
Government-furnished graveliner. VA administers the OBR monetary
allowance in accordance with 38 CFR 38.629, which specifies when
payment of the monetary allowance is authorized and how the allowance
amount is determined each year and requires VA to post the amount of
the allowance in the Notices section of the Federal Register. This
notice serves the purpose of meeting that requirement for CY 2026.
The allowance for qualified interments that occur during CY 2026 is
equal to the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in fiscal
year (FY) 2025, 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 $396.00 for FY 2025.
The administrative cost is based on the costs incurred by VA during
CY 2025 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 2026 is $387.00.
Signing Authority
Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on February 6, 2026 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.
Gabriela DeCuir,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2026-02776 Filed 2-10-26; 8:45 am]
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