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HR 6830 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Racial and ethnic relations U.S. history Veterans' organizations and recognition

Headstones for Honor Act

Introduced: October 31, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Feb 25, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 25, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Headstones for Honor Act

This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones or markers for unmarked graves (or graves in private cemeteries) of specified individuals, including enslaved individuals who served in the Armed Forces in lieu of another individual or those who performed a military function while prohibited from serving as a member of the Armed Forces on the basis of race, gender, sex, or ethnicity.

What's happening now March 28, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1
Ruppersberger, C.
· Oct 31, 2022
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Mar 15, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 25, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6830: Headstones for Honor Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6830/
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"H.R. 6830: Headstones for Honor Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6830/.
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H.R. 6830, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6830/.
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