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H.R. 2721 · 119th Congress

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

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Introduced: 4/8/2025
Current status: In committee
Bill ID: 119hr2721
Latest official action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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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.

Source: BILLSUM · Summary date: 4/8/2025

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