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S 1116 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Veterans' organizations and recognition

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Introduced: March 25, 2025 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 10, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Mar 25, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now March 18, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 647 Related bill Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Lobbying activity 12

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jul 23, 2025
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 25, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1116: Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1116/
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"S. 1116: Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1116/.
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