1HOUSE · SEP 16, 2025
Passed the House
413–0PASSED
R 209–0 D 204–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 269 · 19 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Kennedy D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee actionJul 3, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2025 · 413–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2721.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2721, Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025” on September 5, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61723
- CBO publication date
- September 5, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2721, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c18119c700319cda1188352cd579696077ba63e7c7db566c5541963124377801
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-274 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 15, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/274
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2721, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c18119c700319cda1188352cd579696077ba63e7c7db566c5541963124377801
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):Clause 3, Section 8, Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2721, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c18119c700319cda1188352cd579696077ba63e7c7db566c5541963124377801
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Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2721. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.