Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 (H.R. 2721)
Referred to CommitteeLatest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
9/17/2025 • Senate
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.
Introduced in House • 4/8/2025
Topics & Subjects
CBO Cost Estimates (1)
Related Federal Spending
Sponsor & Cosponsors (1)
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Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
April 8, 2025
Committee Review
June 24, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Floor Debate
September 15, 2025
Passed Chamber
September 16, 2025
Other Chamber
President
Enacted into Law
Text Versions (4)
Committee Reports (1)
Committees
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· Congress.gov, CRS, House Clerk, CBO, USAspending, FEC, LDA · Record updated Jul 13, 2026
- Congress.govLibrary of CongressStatus, actions, sponsors, cosponsors, committees and textRecord updated Jul 13, 2026 · Loaded Nov 1, 2026, 4:08 PM ET
- CRS bill summaryCongressional Research Service, via Congress.govOfficial summarySummary of the “Introduced in House” version, Apr 8, 2025 · Loaded Nov 1, 2026, 4:08 PM ET
- House roll-call votesOffice of the Clerk, U.S. House of RepresentativesRoll-call results on this billLatest roll call Sep 16, 2025 · Loaded Nov 1, 2026, 4:08 PM ET
- CBO cost estimatesCongressional Budget OfficeCost estimatesLatest estimate Sep 5, 2025 · Loaded Nov 1, 2026, 4:08 PM ET
- USAspending.govU.S. Department of the TreasuryRelated Federal Spending section
- FEC filingsFederal Election CommissionFunding & Lobbying section
- Lobbying disclosures (LDA)Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the HouseFunding & Lobbying section
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