HR 647 · introduced · major
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
- veterans
What this bill does
- Veterans can now receive both an urn or plaque AND a headstone or burial benefits from the VA.
- Veterans and their families are affected by expanded funeral and burial options.
- The change takes effect immediately and removes current restrictions on combining burial benefits.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing restrictions on combining burial benefits affect the VA's budget and funeral service capacity?
- 02
What specific circumstances led lawmakers to believe veterans and families needed access to both urns and headstones simultaneously?
- 03
How might this expanded benefit change funeral planning decisions for veterans compared to current single-benefit options?
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Sponsor · R-IN-2
Rudy Yakym III
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
17/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-10-17
Joining the bill
Sheri Biggs
R-SC-3 · original
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
R-AS
Morgan McGarvey
D-KY-3
Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13
Josh Harder
D-CA-9
Thomas R. Suozzi
D-NY-3
Gabe Vasquez
D-NM-2
Janelle S. Bynum
D-OR-5
Max L. Miller
R-OH-7
Susie Lee
D-NV-3
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-5
Eugene Simon Vindman
D-VA-7
+ 5 more
Legislative timeline
2025-10-17 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
2025-10-17 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
2025-10-17 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
2025-05-06 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-04-09 · house · Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2025-04-09 · house · Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-03-26 · house · Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
2025-03-04 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-01-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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