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HR647FEDERALSession 119Federal Billon floor

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Last action · October 17, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.Sponsors: Rudy Yakym and 17 others

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What This Bill Would Do

This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits, including headstones, markers, and urns, and extends the deadline for certain until May 2033.

Why it matters

The bill removes specific death-date restrictions for burial markers and extends the authorization for certain pension payments by 18 months, directly affecting the financial and memorial benefits available to veterans and their families.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Veterans and their families

They are eligible for expanded access to VA-provided burial markers, headstones, and urns, and are subject to extended pension payment regulations.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does this bill affect VA pension payments?

It extends the current legal limits on certain pension payments by 18 months, moving the expiration date from November 30, 2031, to May 31, 2033.

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Where This Stands

Currently on floor. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Passed.

Procedural history

9 actions

Oct 17, 2025House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
Oct 17, 2025House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
May 6, 2025House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025House
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 9, 2025House
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 26, 2025House
Subcommittee Hearings Held

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Mar 4, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 23, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 23, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced in House

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Retroactive Eligibility

The bill specifically sets a retroactive applicability date of January 5, 2021, for new burial benefit provisions, ensuring coverage for deaths occurring after that date.

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