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HR2721: Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
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HR2721
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
1
Roll Calls
411
Yea (latest vote)
0
Nay (latest vote)
House
2025-09-16 – 2025-09-16

About HR2721

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.

Summary

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

Who Voted How on HR2721

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Vote Breakdown — HR2721

How members voted on HR2721. 429 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.

Member Date Question Vote Result
Robert B. Aderholt (R-Alabama) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Mark E. Amodei (R-Nevada) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Alma S. Adams (D-North Carolina) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Pete Aguilar (D-California) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Rick W. Allen (R-Georgia) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Mark Alford (R-Missouri) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Gabe Amo (D-Rhode Island) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Yassamin Ansari (D-Arizona) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Sanford D. Bishop (D-Georgia) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Stephanie I. Bice (R-Oklahoma) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Florida) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Not Voting Passed
Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Julia Brownley (D-California) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Ami Bera (D-California) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Brian Babin (R-Texas) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Donald S. Beyer (D-Virginia) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Mike Bost (R-Illinois) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pennsylvania) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Not Voting Passed
Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-California) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Jack Bergman (R-Michigan) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
James R. Baird (R-Indiana) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Shontel M. Brown (D-Ohio) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Aaron Bean (R-Florida) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Nikki Budzinski (D-Illinois) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Eric Burlison (R-Missouri) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Josh Brecheen (R-Oklahoma) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Becca Balint (D-Vermont) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Tom Barrett (R-Michigan) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Michael Baumgartner (R-Washington) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Nicholas J. Begich (R-Alaska) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Wesley Bell (D-Missouri) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Sheri Biggs (R-South Carolina) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Janelle S. Bynum (D-Oregon) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Robert P. Bresnahan (R-Pennsylvania) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Ken Calvert (R-California) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Kat Cammack (R-Florida) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
John R. Carter (R-Texas) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) 2025-09-16 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed

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