HR 2721
Passed a chamber
Requires the Veterans Affairs Secretary to furnish headstones, burial markers, or medallions for eligible veterans who died on or after December 7, 1941 and lack one, for seven years, and moves a pension payment deadline from November 30, 2031 to February 29, 2032.
Official title: Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
08-APR-2025
Referred
08-APR-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
15-SEP-2025
On the calendar
15-SEP-2025
Passed
16-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
17-SEP-2025
- Authorizes the VA Secretary to provide headstones, burial markers, or medallions for veterans eligible for national cemetery burial who died on or after December 7, 1941 and have no marker provided, for seven years.
- Requires the National Cemetery Administration website to explain how this program affects headstone eligibility.
- Changes the date in a pension payment limit in Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, from November 30, 2031 to February 29, 2032.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (08-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
No cosponsors.