Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
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Armed Forces and National Security
Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D) — NY
Summary
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.
Legislative subjects
Armed Forces and National Security; Cemeteries and funerals; Government information and archives; Internet, web applications, social media; Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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