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
- Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Dec 10, 2025 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
- Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.