HR 2721 · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced 2025-04-08· Sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2025-09-17)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-09-16
Roll #269
Yea 413Nay 0
Democrats
204 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-09-16
Roll #269
Yea 413Nay 0
Democrats
204 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
209 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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. …

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2721, Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Sep 5, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025

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