H.R. 2721 · 119th Congress

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced on Apr 8, 2025 by Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26). Latest action (Sep 17, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 8, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a pilot program to furnish a headstone or burial marker to veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Government information and archives
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Apr 8, 2025). Public domain.

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Timothy M. KennedyD-NY-26Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Sep 16, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 413–0

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 8, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Apr 22, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  5. Jun 24, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jul 3, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
  7. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  9. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274.
  10. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274.
  11. Sep 15, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230.
  12. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4286)
  14. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2721.
  15. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  16. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330)
  17. Sep 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)House · Roll call 269
  18. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)House · Roll call 269
  19. Sep 16, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Sep 17, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS5 reports
    $769.2K reported (all issues)
  2. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $483.9K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.