Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

What this 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. 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.

House vote · 413-0

Democrats204–0

Republicans209–0

Independents0–0

How we know · 5 sourced claims

For seven years after enactment the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall furnish an appropriate headstone, burial marker, or medallion for a qualifying veteran under Section 2306 of title 38 and without regard to Section 8041(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Source: Sec. 2(a)
A veteran qualifies if eligible for burial in a national cemetery, died on or after December 7, 1941, and has a grave for which the Secretary has not already provided a headstone, burial marker, or medallion.Source: Sec. 2(a)(1)-(3)
During the seven-year period the Secretary must ensure the National Cemetery Administration website indicates the Act's effect on eligibility.Source: Sec. 2(b)
Section 3 amends Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 by striking November 30, 2031 and inserting February 29, 2032.Source: Sec. 3
The bill's long title states the pilot covers veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, which does not match the December 7, 1941 eligibility date in the operative text.Source: Long title vs. Sec. 2(a)(2)

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Republicans

215

Democrats

209

Independents

YeaKevin KileyCA · District 3