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VA Outer Burial Receptacle Allowance Program

Program Information

Popular name

OBR

Program Number

64.206

Program objective

Monetary allowance for an outer burial receptacle (OBR) for any casketed burial in a VA national cemetery, or in a VA grant funded cemetery (a cemetery that is the subject of a grant to a State or Tribal Organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408) where a privately-purchased OBR, has been used in lieu of a Government-furnished graveliner, or where the State or Tribal Organization provided the OBR at time of interment at no cost to the decedent’s family or other responsible party.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2022

    VA processed 1169 OBR allowances in FY 22.

  2. 2024

    830 OBR allowances processed in FY24.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

38 CFR 38. 629, Outer Burial Receptacle Allowance.