S 1116 119th Congress
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
Latest Action
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sponsors
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.
Actions
2026-03-18T00:00:00
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2025-12-10T00:00:00
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.
2025-03-25T00:00:00
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-03-25T00:00:00
Introduced in Senate
Policy Areas
Armed Forces and National Security
![Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]](https://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/B/B001299.jpg)