Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
This bill provides that the provision of an urn or commemorative plaque does not prohibit an individual from receiving a headstone or marker or other burial benefits (i.e., interment at a national cemetery) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Under current law, individuals who request an urn or plaque do so in lieu of being furnished a headstone or burial benefit.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - IN District 2 · R-IN
17 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - SC District 3 · R-SC
U.S. Representative - AS · R-AS
U.S. Representative - KY District 3 · D-KY
U.S. Representative - IL District 13 · D-IL
U.S. Representative - CA District 9 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - NY District 3 · D-NY
Member of Congress · D-OR
U.S. Representative - NM District 2 · D-NM
U.S. Representative - OH District 7 · R-OH
U.S. Representative - NV District 3 · D-NV
U.S. Representative - VA District 7 · D-VA
U.S. Representative - CA District 19 · D-CA
+ 5 more cosponsors
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 647 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295. |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 23, 2025 |
| Latest Action | October 17, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 17 · House vote — · — views |