Department of Veterans Affairs provision of additional burial benefits when an urn or plaque is furnished

(a) In general Section 2306(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under this section for and inserting In the case of; and (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (2); (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively. (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual who dies on or after January 5, 2021.