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PetersSponsor6 cosponsors · 2 D, 4 R
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- Senate Introduced Jun 22, 2023
- Senate Passed May 1, 2024
- House Passed Nov 18, 2024
- Senate Changes resolved Dec 21, 2024
- President To the President Dec 26, 2024
- President Signed Jan 4, 2025
- Law Jan 4, 2025
This act extends certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits provided to spouses and dependent children of veterans or active duty servicemembers.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Jan 4, 2025
Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024
This act extends certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits provided to spouses and dependent children of veterans or active duty servicemembers.
Specifically, the act extends through FY2032 the requirement for the VA to furnish, upon request, memorial headstones or markers for spouses or dependent children of veterans or servicemembers who were serving on active duty at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death.
Additionally, the act extends through FY2032 the authority for burial in any open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration for a spouse or dependent child of veterans or servicemembers who were serving on active duty at the time of the spouse’s or child’s death.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2024
Also known as: Keeping Military Families Together Act of 2023
Latest action (Jan 4, 2025): Became Public Law No: 118-271.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 22, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Jun 22, 2023
- Senate Passed May 1, 2024
- House Passed Nov 18, 2024
- Senate Changes resolved Dec 21, 2024
- President To the President Dec 26, 2024
- President Signed Jan 4, 2025
- Law Jan 4, 2025
No recorded floor vote found.