Passed in the House on September 16, 2025 · 413 Yea, 0 Nay, 19 Not Voting
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 2721 Honoring our Heroes Act
In plain English: This bill would create a two-year pilot program allowing the VA to provide headstones or burial markers for eligible veterans who died before November 1, 1990. It also requires the VA to update its website with eligibility information for these markers.
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 …