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H.R. 2721 House Armed Forces and National Security

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced
Apr 8, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. (D-NY-26)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on veterans' affairs on Sep 17, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Apr 8, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Apr 8, 2025
  3. House Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Apr 22, 2025
  4. House Subcommittee Hearings Held Jun 24, 2025
  5. House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged Jul 3, 2025
  6. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 23, 2025
  7. House Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Jul 23, 2025
  8. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274. Sep 15, 2025
  9. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230. Sep 15, 2025
  10. House Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Sep 15, 2025
  11. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4286) Sep 15, 2025
  12. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2721. Sep 15, 2025
  13. House At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Sep 15, 2025
  14. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330) Sep 16, 2025
  15. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286) Sep 16, 2025
  16. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286) Sep 16, 2025
  17. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Sep 16, 2025
  18. House
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Sep 16, 2025
    Agreed Yea 413 Nay 0 Roll Call
  19. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Sep 17, 2025

Subjects

Cemeteries and funeralsGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaVeterans' organizations and recognition

Committees

  • Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • Referred To , Sep 17, 2025
  • Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • Reported By , Sep 15, 2025
    • Markup By , Jul 23, 2025
    • Discharged from , Jul 3, 2025
    • Referred To , Apr 8, 2025

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. 

Summary as of: Introduced in House

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