Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2721

Official text excerpt

119 HR 2721 IH: Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-04-08 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2721 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 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. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 . 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 en…

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