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Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 1116 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
Reported from committee
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
3
Latest action
Mar 18, 2026

What it does

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.

Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 25, 2025

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Mar 25, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    Reported from committee · Mar 18, 2026

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

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