119th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 647Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Jan 23, 2025
Last action Oct 17, 2025
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 23, 2025
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Referred
Mar 4, 2025
Veterans' Affairs
Step 3
Committee
Oct 17, 2025
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 4 sectionsReported to House
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Reported to House · 4 provisions
Amendment
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Timeline · 9 actions
Oct 17, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.
Oct 17, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
May 6, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 9, 2025
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 26, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 23, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.