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...to rise until 2008, when it will peak at 107,000. These facts, combined with the decreasing amount of cemetery space and insufficient burial benefits, show that the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) must continually change to keep up with the demands being placed upon it.
The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999 (EL. 106-117) mandated VA and NCA to make changes in the cemetery system. Among other things, NCA was tasked to establish new national cemeteries, identify areas where veterans did not have reasonable access to veterans cemeteries, assess the appearance...
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