Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-10395
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2024-12-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

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Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2024</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a two-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate covered veterans. Covered veterans are veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and were released or discharged from service under conditions other than dishonorable. Currently, these benefits are only available to eligible veterans who died on or after November 1, 1990.</p><p>The bill requires the VA to update the National Cemetery Administration website with respect to the requirements for eligibility for a headstone or burial marker.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10395 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2024 Mr. Kennedy 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 2024 . 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 enactment of this Act. (e) Covered veteran defined In this section, the term covered veteran means a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) who died on or before November 1, 1990.