S. 1116: Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

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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.

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Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] · 2 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s1116.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s1116 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills