CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Rudy Yakym (R-IN)

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

H.R. 647 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 12 Democratic cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Ensuring Veterans' Final Resting Place Act of 2025," aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. It focuses on authorizing additional burial benefits for individuals when an urn or plaque is provided. The legislation also expands the eligibility requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones, markers, and burial receptacles. Additionally, the bill extends certain limits regarding the payments of pensions.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill enhances burial benefits and extends pension payment timeframes for veterans.

  • Scored +5

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill expands eligibility for headstones, markers, and burial receptacles and extends limits on pension payments.

  • Scored +3

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    The extension of pension payment limits provides continued financial security for elderly veterans.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.