2900-AQ36 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Prohibition of Interment or Memorialization of Persons Convicted of Federal or State Capital Crimes or Certain Sex Offenses

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) amends its national cemetery regulations prohibiting the interment or memorialization of certain persons who have been convicted of Federal or State capital crimes. This final rule also incorporates the statutory proscription against interment in a VA national cemetery or VA-funded State veterans’ cemeteries or memorialization in a VA national cemetery of a person who has been convicted of a Federal or State crime causing the person to be a tier III sex offender for purposes of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act; who, for such crime, has been sentenced to a minimum of life imprisonment; and whose conviction is final (other than a person whose sentence was commuted).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 38 CFR 38.617 38 CFR 38.618 38 CFR 39.10 38 U.S.C. 501 38 U.S.C. 2411(b)(4) No NPRM 11/00/2018 No No None No No No No Eric Powell Acting Director 2900 Department of Veterans Affairs VA 202 632-8670 Memorial Programs Service (41B), 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC 20420