US HB2721 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on September 17 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-09-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on September 17 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-09-17 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
Sponsors
| Rep. Timothy Kennedy [D-NY] |
Roll Calls
2025-09-16 - House - On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended RC# 269 (Y: 413 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 19) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| 2025-09-16 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2025-09-16 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286) |
| 2025-09-16 | House | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330) |
| 2025-09-15 | House | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2721. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4286) |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 230. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-274. |
| 2025-07-23 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| 2025-07-23 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-07-03 | House | Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged |
| 2025-06-24 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2025-04-22 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Introduced in House |
