[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2721 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2721

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2025

   Mr. Kennedy of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PILOT PROGRAM TO FURNISH 
              HEADSTONES AND BURIAL MARKERS TO COVERED VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, shall establish and carry out 
a pilot program under which the Secretary shall furnish, when 
requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker for the purpose of 
commemorating a covered veteran.
    (b) Applications.--An individual desiring to request a headstone or 
marker for the purpose of commemorating a covered veteran under such 
pilot program shall submit to the Secretary an application in such 
time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as 
the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (c) Update to Eligibility Requirements.--During the period the 
authority to carry out the pilot program under this section is 
effective, the Under Secretary shall update the internet website of the 
National Cemetery Administration with respect to the requirements for 
eligibility for a headstone or burial marker under the laws 
administered by the Secretary.
    (d) Termination Date.--The authority of the Secretary to carry out 
the pilot program under this section shall terminate on the date that 
is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (e) Covered Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
veteran'' means a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code) who died on or before November 1, 1990.
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