
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
Policy Area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY)
Latest Action (2025-09-17): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025This 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.
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals, Government information and archives, Internet, web applications, social media, Veterans' organizations and recognition
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HR2721 is the Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025, introduced in the House of the 119th U.S. Congress by Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY). Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025This 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.
HR2721 was sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY). Cosponsors and roll-call positions are listed on this page.
As of 2025-09-17, HR2721 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs..
HR2721 has had 1 roll-call vote on record. The most recent: 2025-09-16 — 2/3 Yea-And-Nay (Passed).
HR2721 is categorized under "Armed Forces and National Security." Browse other bills in this area at /topic-armed-forces-and-national-security/.
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