Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-1116
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
Introduced: 2025-03-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1116 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2025 Mr. Banks (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025 . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs provision of additional burial benefits when an urn or plaque is furnished (a) In general Section 2306(h) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking In lieu of furnishing a headstone or marker under this section for and inserting In the case of ; and (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (2) ; (2) by striking paragraph (2); and (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively. (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an individual who dies on or after January 5, 2021.