Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025 was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
IntroducedMar 25, 2025
ReportedMar 18, 2026
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 69 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 240 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 128 words
- Subjects
- Cemeteries and funeralsVeterans' organizations and recognition
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2026: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 647 Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025 R · Reported
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]