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H.R. 647 · 119th Congress

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 23, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: In committee

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.

  2. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.

  3. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  4. House

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  5. House

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. House

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  7. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

  8. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  9. Introduced in House