CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jim Banks (R-IN)

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

S. 1116 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the "Ensuring Veterans' Final Resting Place Act of 2025." It seeks to amend title 38 of the United States Code regarding Department of Veterans Affairs burial benefits. Specifically, the legislation aims to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals when an urn or plaque is furnished. The changes involve restructuring how paragraph (1) of section 2306(h) is worded and reordering subsequent paragraphs. These amendments apply to individuals who died on or after January 5, 2021.

Yes

  • Scored +5

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

    The bill directly provides additional burial benefits specifically for veterans.

  • Scored +4

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

    The bill expands and clarifies burial benefits for veterans using urns or plaques.

  • Scored +3

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill enhances benefits for veterans by addressing burial provisions related to urns or plaques.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.