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S1116Referred to Committee

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-25
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Jim Banks
Jim Banks
Republican · IN · Senator
Votes with party: 75.7% (847 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001299

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Susan M. Collins (R-ME)Original· 2025-03-25
  • Jacky Rosen (D-NV)· 2025-07-23

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2026-03-18

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2026-03-18

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2026-03-18
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHearings By (full committee) · 2025-12-10
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2025-12-10
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-03-25
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-25

Plain-English Summary

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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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