H.R. 2721 · 119th Congress
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
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- House Introduced Apr 8, 2025
- House Passed Sep 16, 2025 413–0
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 8, 2025
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
Latest action (Sep 17, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 8, 2025
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- House Introduced Apr 8, 2025
- House Passed Sep 16, 2025 413–0
Final vote · House · Sep 16, 2025
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson