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S. 1116 119th Congress Senate

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 2025 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funeralsVeterans' organizations and recognition
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Introduced
In committee
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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. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.
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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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 647 Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jul 23, 2025
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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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S. 1116, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1116/.
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