Under current law, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) awards grants to state, tribal, and territorial governments to establish or expand veterans’ cemeteries. VA also awards grants totaling up to $5 million annually for cemetery operations and maintenance projects such as improving the height and alignment of headstones, leveling gravesites, or improving turf conditions. H.R. 5487 would increase the maximum amount of cemetery grants for operations and maintenance to $10 million.
