S 197 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes Military Funeral Honors Grant Program to provide grants to certain veteran organizations that provide military funeral honors.

S 197 establishes a grant program to provide up to $75 per funeral to qualified nonprofit veteran organizations that perform military funeral honors in New Jersey. To qualify, organizations must be tax-exempt under IRS sections 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) and provide funeral honors services. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will administer the program through a revolving fund, using state appropriations, donations, or other designated funds, with grants covering actual expenses like mileage. The bill requires organizations to apply for grants and submit proof of expenditures, and it allows reduced grants for multiple funerals on the same day. The program is pending before the Legislature and not yet law.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
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