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[CITE: 46USC11201]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 112--MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
 
Sec. 11201. Eligibility for veterans' burial and cemetery 
        benefits
        
    (a) Eligibility.--
        (1) In general.--The qualified service of a person referred to 
    in paragraph (2) shall be considered to be active duty in the Armed 
    Forces during a period of war for purposes of eligibility for 
    benefits under the following provisions of title 38:
            (A) Chapter 23 (relating to burial benefits).
            (B) Chapter 24 (relating to interment in national 
        cemeteries).

        (2) Covered individuals.--Paragraph (1) applies to a person 
    who--
            (A) receives an honorable service certificate under section 
        11203 of this title; and
            (B) is not eligible under any other provision of law for 
        benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs.

    (b) Reimbursement for Benefits Provided.--The Secretary shall 
reimburse the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the value of benefits 
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides for a person by reason 
of eligibility under this section.
    (c) Applicability.--
        (1) General rule.--Benefits may be provided under the provisions 
    of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) by reason of this chapter 
    only for deaths occurring after the date of the enactment of this 
    chapter.
        (2) Burials, etc. in national cemeteries.--Notwithstanding 
    paragraph (1), in the case of an initial burial or columbarium 
    placement after the date of the enactment of this chapter, benefits 
    may be provided under chapter 24 of title 38 by reason of this 
    chapter (regardless of the date of death), and in such a case 
    benefits may be provided under section 2306 of such title.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title IV, Sec. 402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3336.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. 
(c), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 105-368, which was approved 
Nov. 11, 1998.
