{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration","authority":"38 U.S.C. 2400-2404; 38 C.F.R. part 38","instrument":"VA announcement of Mar. 20, 2020: committal services and military funeral honors discontinued at all national cemeteries effective Mar. 23, 2020; witnesses limited to immediate family of no more than ten","title":"VA national cemeteries to adjust operations in response to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"Committal services resumed in phases from June 9, 2020 [verified by category only]","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-06-09","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["families; funeral homes; military honor details"],"clause":"effective March 23 -- as part of the agency\u0027s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) -- committal services and the rendering of military funeral honors will discontinue until further notice. Immediate family members (limited to no more than 10 individuals) of the deceased may witness the interment if requested.","enforcement":"Federal cemetery operations and 38 C.F.R. 1.218","functions":["FH funeral homes (gathering caps on services)","WS worship and gatherings","CB families"],"notes":"A federal gathering limit of ten persons on funeral services, in force before most State orders; reached funeral homes, clergy and honor-guard contractors in every State with a national cemetery.","sourceUrl":"https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5402","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4768995,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065","citation":"Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, VA announcement of Mar. 20, 2020: committal services and military funeral honors discontinued at all national cemeteries effective Mar. 23, 2020; witnesses limited to immediate family of no more than ten (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-065)","stateName":"","related":[]}