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S 1116 · Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Introduced
Mar 25, 2025
Latest action
Mar 18, 2026
Sponsor
Sen. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Cosponsors
2

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

  1. Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  2. Dec 10, 2025 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
  3. Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Votes

No recorded votes are available for this bill.

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