H.R. 2721 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Bundled: this vote covered more than one measure.
House · Sep 16, 2025
Roll call ↗413
0
Passed the House.
Two subjects under one title. Section 2 creates the seven-year headstone and marker authority the short title describes; Section 3 is an unrelated rider that extends a limit on certain pension payments under Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, a change the title does not mention. The bill's long title also states the pilot covers veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, but the operative text in Section 2 sets the eligibility date at died on or after December 7, 1941; the two dates disagree.
Passed the House on September 16, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- CommitteeSep 15, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q2 to 2026 Q3
What it does
For seven years after enactment, directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone, burial marker, or medallion for a veteran who is eligible for burial in a national cemetery, who died on or after December 7, 1941, and for whose grave the Secretary has not already provided one.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, September 16, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
For seven years after enactment, directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone, burial marker, or medallion for a veteran who is eligible for burial in a national cemetery, who died on or after December 7, 1941, and for whose grave the Secretary has not already provided one. During that period the Secretary must show the change's effect on eligibility on the National Cemetery Administration website. A separate section extends a limit on certain veterans' pension payments under Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 by moving its end date from November 30, 2031 to February 29, 2032.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 12 quarterly reports filed by 2 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Disabled American Veterans; Paralyzed Veterans of America. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.