3.0.0 2721 2026-02-04T05:06:20Z 2026-02-04T05:06:20Z House H HR 2025-04-08 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2721 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. KENNEDY of New York:H.R. 2721.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution[Page H1508]</pre> ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-09-17T18:21:42Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2025-06-24T17:15:17Z Referred to 2025-04-22T17:15:04Z Reported By 2025-09-15T16:01:53Z Markup By 2025-07-23T16:39:20Z Discharged from 2025-07-03T17:25:10Z Referred To 2025-04-08T14:06:10Z H. Rept. 119-274 2025-09-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-09-16 14:50:45 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2025-09-16 14:50:44 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 269 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll269.xml House 119 2025-09-16T18:50:44Z 1 2025-09-16 14:50:44 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 269 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll269.xml House 119 2025-09-16T18:50:44Z 1 2025-09-16 14:44:36 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-15 16:40:09 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2025-09-15 16:31:37 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2721. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-15 16:31:36 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4286) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-15 16:31:27 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2025-09-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00230 2025-09-15 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-09-15 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-07-23 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2025-07-23 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-07-03 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged Committee 2025-06-24 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2025-04-22 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2025-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000402 Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] Timothy Kennedy D NY M. 26 N 2025-09-05T18:13:00Z https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61723 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025 Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals 2025-06-27T16:08:31Z Government information and archives 2025-06-27T16:08:50Z Internet, web applications, social media 2025-06-27T16:08:44Z Veterans' organizations and recognition 2025-06-27T16:08:39Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-05-12T18:53:23Z

00 2025-04-08 Introduced in House 2025-08-06T18:58:17Z <p><strong>Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.&nbsp;</p>

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