H.R. 2721House bill · 119th CongressIn the SenateArmed Forces and National Security

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Sponsored byTimothy M. KennedyD-NY-26Introduced Apr 8, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 17, 2025) Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Veterans' Affairs.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Apr 8, 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.

Face Value

as passed the House
100Narrow

How much of this bill its name accounts for.

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  • Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.

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What Congress did

1 recorded
  • On , as Amendeddecisive vote

    House · Sep 16, 2025

    A fast-track vote: no amendments, short debate, and two thirds needed to pass. Used for bills expected to be uncontroversial.

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    Passed

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