H.R. 2721Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Timothy M. Kennedy [D-NY-26]
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Committee: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Latest action: Sep 17, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

IntroducedApr 8, 2025
Passed the HouseSep 16, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2721 as introduced in House on Apr 8, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 269

House Sep 16, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Honoring our Heroes Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

413 Yea 0 Nay 19 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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How the chamber split

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All members432 members

Democratic213 members

Independent1 member

Republican218 members

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H.R. 2721Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 269

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

H.R. 2721Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 269

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

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Who lobbied on H.R. 27212 organizations