Bill · H.R. 647· House(119-HR-647)
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 1/23/2025
- Last activity
- 10/17/2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
- Sponsored by
- Rudy Yakym
- Cosponsors
- - 5 - 12
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Ensuring Veterans' Final Resting Place Act of 2025," aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. It focuses on authorizing additional burial benefits for individuals when an urn or plaque is provided. The legislation also expands the eligibility requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones, markers, and burial receptacles. Additionally, the bill extends certain limits regarding the payments of pensions.
Yes
Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?+5
The bill enhances burial benefits and extends pension payment timeframes for veterans.
Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?+5
The bill expands eligibility for headstones, markers, and burial receptacles and extends limits on pension payments.
Would people over 65 be better off under this?+3
The extension of pension payment limits provides continued financial security for elderly veterans.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Expanded Headstone Eligibility: The bill amends section 2306 by striking the date requirement of "who dies on or after November 11, 1998," which expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones, markers, and burial receptacles (Section 2).
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Additional Burial Benefits: The legislation changes how benefits are handled in cases involving an urn or plaque, providing additional burial benefits for individuals who died on or after January 5, 2021 (Section 3).
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Extended Pension Payment Limits: The bill extends the date for certain limits on payments of pension from November 30, 2031, to May 31, 2033 (Section 4).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Veterans+5Good For Seniors+3
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Veterans Benefits+5
- 10/17/2025
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
- 10/3/2025
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- 9/15/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/2/2025
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- 7/21/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/14/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/21/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 5/19/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/15/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/6/2025
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 4/9/2025
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 4/8/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/1/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/26/2025
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 3/24/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/4/2025
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 1/23/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
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