HR 2721

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Summary

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a two-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate covered veterans. Covered veterans are veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and were released or discharged from service under conditions other than dishonorable. Currently, these benefits are only available to eligible veterans who died on or after November 1, 1990. The bill requires the VA to update the National Cemetery Administration website with respect to the requirements for eligibility for a headstone or burial marker. 

Bill status

Status
Passed House
Sponsor
Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy [D-NY-26]
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Introduced
2025-04-08
Latest action
2025-09-17: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Committee referrals

Recent actions

  • 2025-09-17: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • 2025-09-16: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2025-09-16: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)
  • 2025-09-16: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)
  • 2025-09-16: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330)

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