HR 647 · Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
- Introduced
- Jan 23, 2025
- Latest action
- Oct 17, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Rudy Yakym [R-IN-2]
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cosponsors
- 17
Summary
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025 This bill provides that the provision of an urn or commemorative plaque does not prohibit an individual from receiving a headstone or marker or other burial benefits (i.e., interment at a national cemetery) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Under current law, individuals who request an urn or plaque do so in lieu of being furnished a headstone or burial benefit.
Recent actions
- Oct 17, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
- Oct 17, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
- Oct 17, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
- May 6, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 9, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 9, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 26, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.