H.R. 4398 · 119th Congress

Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act

Introduced on Jul 15, 2025 by Tom Emmer (R-MN-6). 157 cosponsors, 56 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 30, 2026): Subcommittee Hearings Held

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jul 15, 2025
Cosponsors
157
56 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

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

Official title

To direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Health personnel
  • Veterans' medical care

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Tom EmmerR-MN-6Sponsor

Democrats · 56

Republicans · 101

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jul 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jul 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jul 15, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Dec 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Jun 30, 2026 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  2. ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, (INC.)4 reports
    $425.4K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY$20K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $394.7K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.