Bills · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

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Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 9/16/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic204 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Republican208 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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 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.

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Sponsor
Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy ( Democrat · NY-26)
Cosponsors
0
Introduced
4/8/25
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Status
4/8/25Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
4/8/25Introduced in House
4/22/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
6/24/25Subcommittee Hearings Held
7/3/25Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
7/23/25Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
7/23/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
9/15/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
9/15/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2721.
9/15/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4286)
9/15/25Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
9/15/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230.
9/15/25Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274.
9/16/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
9/16/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)
9/16/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)
9/16/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330)
9/17/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.